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Special Facilities for Equal Care given 

MANUFACTURERS' to the smallest in- 

WORK IN QUANTITY dividual order. 

Call up or write us for estimates on plating, polishing or refinishing 



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AVENUE SO. 



American Tent and Awning Co. 

C. M. RAW1TZER, PROP. 



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To tke Big, Old Established House 

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DO you want regular and prompt service ? 

DO you want to deal with those 

WHO believe in the Golden Rule ? 
WHO endeavor to give the best, 
WHO use only the purest materials, 
WHO are up to date with real improve- 
ments, skill and ingenuity have devised ? 

THEN PATRONIZE 

The Minneapolis Steam 
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123 NICOLLET AVENUE 

BOTH PHONES 765 



The first public laundry established in Minneapolis, 
and has grown with the city's growth. 



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HUDSONS 

Dictionary or Minneapolis 



AND VICINITY 



A Handbook for Strangers and Residents 



By HORACE B. HUDSON 



An Alphabetically Arranged Manual and Descriptive 

Index of the Places, Buildings, Institutions, Parks, 

Streets, Churches, Resorts, Amusements, 

Commercial Enterprises, Societies 

Etc., Etc., in and About 

MINNEAPOLIS. 



MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS 



THIRTEENTH YEAR 



MINNEAPOLIS 

The Hudson Publishing Company 

404 Kasotsl Building 

1909 



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Wallace H. Davis, Wallace C. McWhinny, 

Vice-Pres. & Counsel. Secretary and Treasurer 

P. Jones & Company 

1868 Incorporated 1900 

MORTAGE LOANS, REAL ESTATE, 
RENTALS AND INSURANCE 



Money to loan, 5 to 6 per cent. Terms to suit special 
requirements . Partial payments accepted . We make 
loans from $100 upwards. We make a specialty of man- 
aging property for resident and non-resident owners . 

SATISFACTORY REFERENCE TO LOCAL AND NON-RESIDENT PARTIES 



111 S. 4th St. 
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. 



Telephones 



r N. W. Main 1840 
T. S. 1840 



CHARLES L. SAWYER 

REAL ESTATE BROKER 
204 ANDRUS BUILDING 

City Real Estate and Idaho 
Fruit Lands a Specialty. 

Properties of Non-Resi- 
dents, Improved, Rented 
and Sold. 

My business is not large, 
this % enables me to give 
it my personal attention. 

For references as to my ability and honesty ask the 
Northwestern t&Tational Bank. 




Both Phones: 



N. W. Nicollet 205 



Tri-State 3081 



Copyright 1909 bv Horace R. Hiirfann X 



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ESTABLISHED 1885 



Nflrtljrowtmi National 

Slift insurant fltompattij 



Leonard K. Thompson, President 



limtnra 



F. A. CHAMBERLAIN 

President Security National Bank 

A. A. CRANE 

Vice-Pres, Northwestern National Bank 

JOHN T. BAXTER 

Counsel 

GEO. E. TOWLE 

Vice-Pres. and Treasurer 



C. T.JAFFRAY 

Vice-Pres. First National Bank 

E. W. DECKER 

Vice-Pres. Northwestern National Bank 

B. F. NELSON 

President Hennepin Paper Co. 

W. J. GRAHAM 

Vice-Pres. and Actuary 

L. K. THOMPSON 

President 



Samtarg iBt, 19113. 

Admitted Assets - - - - $5,681,953.23 

Total Paid Policyholders - - - 7,333,527.25 

Insurance in Force - - - 23,901,654.00 

Surplus - - ; - - - - 203,805.57 



Northwestern National Invests Every Dollar of its Income in the West, 
for the Upbuilding of the Territory in which it Operates. 



Tabour Realty Co, 

ONE OF THE OLDEST FIRMS IN THE CITY 

410 FIRST AVENUE SOUTH 



We buy and sell all kinds of property, both at Minnetonka and in Minneapolis, 
We have been in this business in this city for the past thirty years. 
We can sell you any kind of property you want. 
We can make you a loan. 

We can write your fire insurance. 

We can loan your money to net from 6 to 7 per cent. 

We solicit the listing of your property; botn for sale and for rent. 

REFERENCES IF DESIRED. 

M.F. SCHUTT, PRES. D. F. STANFORD, SEC'Y' 

Scbutt Realty Company 

214-216-218 Security Bank Bldg. 
minneapolis, minn. 



MORTGAGE LOANS — Pl aced at Lowest Rates Without Delay 

INSURANCE — Fire > Tornado, Plate Glass, Liability, Burglary 
REAL ESTATE — Bargains for In vestment or Homes 
RENTALS — Care of Property Solicited 



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Walton Hills 
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for these popular ad- 
ditions by the lakes in the 
Sth ward where everybody 
want to live. Only a stones 
throw (for a David) to three 
lakes. Come in and see us 

Burnham Wood or end for plats 



BRIDAL VEIL ADDITION— Southeast, overlooking Mississippi 

Valley. 
SHELDON PARK— At Lake Minnetonka. 

The above comprises some of the most beautiful residence properly in Minneapolis. 

R.eal E,state and Mortgage Loans 

We plat acres into lots and market for non-resident owners. 

The Finance Company of Minnesota 

(Member of The Real Estate Board) 
H.F. NEWHALL, Pres. 633 Andrus Bldg., Minneapolis, Minn. 

IF YOU WANT 

IRON BEDS in the latest patterns and de- 
signs that stand Straight and Rigid. 

MATTRESSES that are Clean, Durable 
and Well Made. 

SPRINGS that are strongly constructed and 
absolutely Sanitary and Vermin Proof. 

Ask your dealer for S & S goods and if he 
cannot supply you write us and we will refer 
you to one who can. 

Salisbury d Satterlee Co. 

Minneapolis, Minn. 

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Minneapolis School 
of Fine Arts 



Established 1886 



Public Library Building 
Minneapolis, Minn. 



I. Academic Department 

Drawing, Painting, Illustrating. 

II. Department of Design 

Courses in Decorative Design, Lettering for Artistic and 
Commercial use. Book Decoration, Designs for Textiles, 
Furniture, etc. 

HI. Department of Handicraft 

Tooled and Illuminated Leather. Stenciling, Metal Work. 
Special Course in Jewelry, and other Crafts. 

IV. Department of Architecture 

Mechanical Drawing and Architectural Design. 

Day and Evening Classes. Special Saturday Morning Class 
for Children 



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EXHIBITIONS 



SCHOLARSHIPS 



Winter Term from October 1st to May 31st 
Summer Term from June 15th to August 15th 

For Particulars Apply to 

ROBERT KOEHLER, Director 



WALTER L. BADGER 

104 South Fourth Street 

HE,AL ESTATE AND LOANS 

Should be seen if you wish any information about Min- 
neapolis; especially from the Investors standpoint 

or if you intend buying: a home. 

Resident Since 1878. Refers to any Bank. 

CONKLIN & ZONNE COMPANY 

REAL ESTATE 
and INSURANCE 



DOWN TOWN PROPERTY A SPECIALTY 
Minneapolis, Minn. 

ARVOLD-WISSINGER CO. 

225 TEMPLE COURT 

DESIGNERS AND BUILDERS 



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PREFACE 

A decade or more of successful publication constitutes a practical 
test of the usefulness and popularity of a periodical publication. 
That test has now been applied to the "Dictionary of Minneapolis." 
The thirteenth year finds it thoroughly established and recognized as 
a permanent and useful institution of the city. 

It is the only comprehensive compendium of information regard- 
ing Minneapolis; the only handbook for everyday use by the people of 
the city and the most complete and practical guide for the visitor. 
As a means of conveying information about the city to interested 
persons at a distance it has been pronounced invaluable. ' 

This year's edition has been very thoroughly revised. Atten- 
tion should again be called to the fact that advertisements a e ex- 
cluded from the reading matter of the book 



When writing or calling upon advertisers please mention 
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XI 



PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY 


Attorneys at Law 


Architects 


ALBERT C. COBB J. O. P. WHEELWRIGHT 

COBB & WHEELWRIGHT 

Attorneys and Counselors at Law 

701 Minn. Loan and Trust Bldg. 
Minneapolis, - - Minnesota 


CHRIS. A. BOEHME VICTOR CORDELLA 

BOEHME & CORDELLA 

Architects and Superintendents 

504 Kasota Building 
Minneapolis, - - Minnesota 

HARRY G. CARTER 

Architect 

305 Central Ave., Minneapolis 

Opera Houses a Specialty 


FRANK HEALY 

City Attorney 
Minneapolis, - - Minnesota 


A. C. PAUL ' RICHARD PAUL 

PAUL & PAUL 

Patent Attorneys and Solicitors 

854 Security Bank Bldg. 
Minneapolis, - - Minnesota 

FRED W. REED 

Attorney at Law 

719 Andrus Building 

Minneapolis, - - Minnesota 


WM. S. HUNT 

Architect 

611 Northwestern Bldg. 

Minneapolis, - - Minnesota 

HARRY W. JONES 

Architect 

923 Lumber Exchange 

Minneapolis, - - Minnesota 

KEES & COLBURN 

Architects 

Donaldson Building 

Minneapolis, - - Minnesota 


HARLAN P. ROBERTS 

Attorney at Law 
848 Security Bank Building 
Minneapolis, - - Minneso 


WM. P. & HORACE W.ROBERTS 

Attorneys at Law 

502-504 Metropolitan Life Bldg. 

Minneapolis, - - Minnesota 

ROBERT WATSON 

Pension Attorney 

329 Boston Block 

[A Civil War Veteran] Minneapolis 

JAS. F. WILLIAMSON F. D. MERCHANT 

WILLIAMSON & MERCHANT 

Attorneys at Law 

Patent and Trade Mark Causes 

925 Guaranty Bldg. Minneapolis 

Architects 


WM. CHANNING WHITNEY 

Architect 

Tels.: N. W. Nic. 2011 T. S. 464 

313 Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis 


Landscape Architect 
and Engineer 


FRANK H. NUTTER 

City Park Engineer from 1883 to 1906 

Rooms 710-712 Sykes Block 

254-256 Hennepin Ave. 

Sketches, Designs, and Working 
Plans for the improvement and 
ornamentation of Public and Pri- 
vate Grounds of all descriptions. 

The laying out of new or re-ar- 
ranging of old cemeteries a 
specialty. 

Grading, constructing work, 
planting, etc.. superintended or 
contracted for if desired. Corres- 
pondence solicited. 


GEO. A. BERTRAND A. B. CHAMBERLIN 

BERTRAND & CHAMBERLIN 

Architects 

615 Bank of Commerce Bldg. 

Minneapolis, - - Minnsot a 



XII 



PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY- Continued 



Engineers 


Accountant 






GEO. W. COOLEY, C. E. 

Minneapolis, Minn. 
State Engineer and Secretary of 
the State Highwav Commission 


CHAS. J. DEWEY 

Expert Accountant 
m 305 Flour Exchange. 
Minneapolis, - - Minnesota 


Office, New Capitol 
St. Paul. - - Minnesota 


Chemist 


J. T. FANNING 

Consulting Engineer 

Kasota Block 

Minneapolis, - - Minnesota 


DR. CHARLES W. DREW 

Analytical Chemist and Assayer 
Office and Laboratory, 
416-420 Century Brilding 

Minneapolis. - - Minnesota 



The Pioneer Printing Co. 



IS LOCATED AT 



4 1 7 Fifth Avenue South 

WHERE YOU CAN GET THE VERY BEST WORK 
AT PRICES THAT ARE RIGHT IN PRINTING. 



Mortising and 
Repairing 
While You Wait 



Tri-State Telephone 9309 

We Call for and Deliver Promptly 



You will find Our 
Prices Right 
Satisfaction Guaranteed 



Commercial Electrotypittg $ Supply Co. 

[INCORPORATED] 

112=114 North Fourth St., Minneapolis, Minn. 

Selling Agents For Electrotyping 

"Tubbs" Printers Modern Wood Furniture Stereotyping 

Star Printing Inks Knife Grinding 

Printers' Supplies of Every Description Engraving 

WE, MAKE, A SPLCIALTY OF KNIFE GRINDING 



XIII 



A Significant 
Fact 



The Northwestern Line runs more trains and carries 
more people in and out of the three great cities of St. 
Paul, Minneapolis and Chicago every day than any other 
railroad . 




Limited Trains 

Early Bird to Chicago. 
North-Western Limited to Chicago. 
Twin City-Omaha Limited to Omaha. 
Twilight Limited to Duluth. 

Sleeping Car Accommodations Reserved in Advance . 

See Page Opposite, 64 

MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE,, ST. PAUL OFFICE* 

600 Nicollet Ave. 396 Robert St. (Ryan Hotel) 

XIV 



Court House Ill 

Farmers & Mechanics Savings 

' Bank opp. 16 

Handicraft Guild Bldg-. ..opp. 72 
Imperial Apartments .......137 

Janney, Semple, Hill & Co. 

Bldg 1 opp. 40. 

Leslie Paper Co. Bldg\ 

bet. 104 and 105 

Martin, C. J., Residence. . opp. 120 
Metropolitan Life Bldg\..opp. 80 
Metropolitan Music Bldg\ opp. 68 



INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS. 

Page 



Page 
Minneapolis General Electric 

Co. Power Plant opp. 32 

Minneapolis Paper Co. Bldg\ 

opp. 41 

Minnehaha Parkway. Frontispiece 
Northwestern Knitting Co. 

Bldg opp. 64 

Northwestern National Life 

Insurance Co. Bldg opp. 24 

Radisson Hotel opp. 88 

Security Bank Bldg. ..... .opp. 8 

Temple Court opp. 104 

West Hotel ...opp. 128 

Wyman, Partridge & Co., 

Warehouse opp. 56 



Minneapolis Gas Light Co. 

Bldg opp. 48 

INDEX TO MAPS. 

Fort Snelling 43 Street Railways of Twin 

Lake Minnetonka 67 Cities bet. 104 & 105 

Street Divisions 106 U. of M. Grounds opp. 121 

INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 
American Tent & Awning Co. VII Minneapolis Gen. Elec._Co.opp._33 



Arvold-Wissinger Co VI 

Badger, Walter L VI 

Beard Art & Stationery Co... XV 
Bell, David C, Investment 

Co 3rd Cover Page 

Boston Ice Co bet. 104 & 105 

Brooks. Edmund D. .bet. 72 & 73 

Century News Store opp. 105 

Chadbourn Bros. & Co On Map 

Chute Realty Co opp. 89 

Commercial Bulletin Co.. opp. 25 

Com'l Electro & Sup. Co XIII 

Cone. R. D., & Co opp. 81 

Conklin & Zonne Co... VI 

Dahl, A. J., & Co 140 

Dauphine & Ringer .bet. 104 & 105 

Freeman Eng. Co opp. 65 

Finance Co., of Minnesota. .. .IV 

Garland, J. T bet. 104 & 105 

Hall, Black & Co XI 

Handicraft Guild ...bet. 72 & 73 

Hennepin Paper Co 140 

Holmes Hotel opp. 129 

Hotel Vendome On Map 

Hotel Waverly opp. 129 

Jones, David P.. & Co X 

Journal. The Minneapolis. . . .XVI 

Kelly, H., & Co bet. 88 & 89 

Lane, Rufus H. . . 136 

Leighton & Campbell Fuel 

Co bet. 104 & 105 

Lofgren, Otto S opp. 105 

McMillan Fur & Wool Co.... VII 

Merriam, G. & C, Co 139 

Metropolitan Music Co.... opp. 69 
Mpls. Gas Light Co opp. 49 



Minneapolis Plating Co VII 

Mpls. Real Estate Board 

bet. 64 & 65 

Mpls. School of Fine Arts V 

Minneapolis Steam Laundry. VIII 

Nagel, E., & Son opp. 105 

Nickels & Smith 136 

Northwestern Knitting Co. 

4th Cover Page 

Northwestern Line. XIV & opp. 65 
N. W. Nat. Bk...2nd Cover Page 
N. W. Typewriter Exchange. . 134 
Northwestern Typewriter Ex- 
change 134 

Pillsbury, Chas. L. . ..bet. 88 & 89 

Pioneer Printing Co XIII 

Russell Coffee House. ... opp. 129 

St. James Hotel ...opp. 129 

St. Margaret's Academy 136 

Salisbury & Satterlee Co IV 

Sawyer, Charles L X 

Schutt Realty Co II 

Security Envelope Co 136 

Security National Bank. . .opp. 9 

Sheridan, Margaret opp. 73 

Stanton, Dr. Gertrude 138 

Steele, J. Gordon, & Co.. opp. 17 
Stevens, Eugene M., & Co. opp. 17 

Swanson, O. C 134 

Tabour Realty Co II 

Tallant, F. E < opp. 89 

Thomsen, Th. I 138 

Tidende, The Mpls opp. 105 

Tribune, The Minneapolis 135 

Washburn-Crosby Co. bet. 40 & 41 
Williamson & Merchant, .opp. 81 
Wyman, Partridge & Co. .opp. 57 



MINNEAPOLIS SOUVENIRS, SOUVENIR POSTAL CARDS 
may be procured at THE BEARD ART GALLERIES 

AT DAYTON'S. SEVENTH AND NICOLLET 
Souvenirs at Stationery Department— First Floor. 
The Galleries are free and visitors are always welcome— Fourth Floor. 



The Minneapolis Journal 

• 

is 

The Home Paper of 

Minneapolis ana the 

Northwest, 

BECAUSE 

it carries more news, more features, and more pages 
than any other paper in the 1 win Cities, or in the 
states surrounding Minnesota. For a quarter or a 
century the Journal has heen the paper or prestige 
in Minneapolis, — prestige in influence, progress, public 
spiritedness, in all things that go to make up a really 
great newspaper. It has purchased every news ser- 
vice worth while and has thereby given itself every 
advantage for the proper selection of news which will 
hest interest men, women, and even the children. 
That is the reason why it has become a member of 
practically every Minneapolis family. 



XVI 



HUDSON'S 

DICTIONARY of MINNEAPOLIS 

AND VICINITY 



About Minneapolis. — This Dic- 
tionary of Minneapolis is intended 
to supply the need, which every 
resident and every visitor feels, of 
a handy compendium of informa- 
tion about this, one of the most 
interesting- cities in the country. 
It is equally useful to persons liv- 
ing- elsewhere who may be inter- 
ested in Minneapolis. 

Whether to be used by the resi- 
dent, the non-resident or the visit- 
or it is of first importance that 
the information should be ar- 
ranged in the most convenient and 
accessible way. To accomplish 
this purpose the alphabetical or 
encyclopedic arrangement of top- 
ics is used as the simplest and 
most practical. The book is its 
own index. If the reader wishes 
to look up the "University of Min- 
nesota" he will find it instantly 
under the letter "U." Should he 
by chance look first for "State 
University" he will find that sub- 
ject under the letter 'S" with a 
reference to "University of Min- 
nesota." 

Minneapolis is a large city and 
has many different kinds of at- 
tractions. The visitor especially 
interested in the picturesque will 
want U> see something of the 
parks, "Minnenaha Falls, Fort 
Snelling- and Lake Minnetonka; 
while the man with a more mate- 
rial bent will be particularly at- 
tracted to the flour and lumber 



mills, the railroad facilities and 
the immense business establish- 
ments. By looking up the topics 
in which he is particularly inter- 
ested one may find condensed in- 
formation as well as directions for 
seeing- what is to be seen in the 
most convenient way. 

But every stranger should en- 
deavor to obtain a general view of 
the city in its several aspects. 
Under the heading "Seeing- the 
City" are brief directions for 
reaching- the points of interest in 
the business district, the promi- 
nent buildings, the flour and saw 
mills, the best residence sections, 
the University, etc. Under the 
heading "Drives," are directions 
for making- a number of carriage 
or automobile excursions in the 
city and suburbs. The topic "Ex- 
cursions" covers the general sub- 
ject of electric car trips of from 
an hour to a day as well as sug- 
gesting- some of the points of in- 
terest worth visiting- throughout 
the northwest. In all this sight 
seeing the maps in this Dictionary 
will be of assistance. 



Academies. (See 

Schools.) 



Peivate 



Academy of Sciences. — The Min- 
nesota Academy of Sciences first 
took definite form as a distinct or- 
ganization in 1S73. It had its ori- 
gin in a desire on the part of its 



AFR-AMB 



founders to organize "a society 
having- for its object the cultiva- 
tion of Natural Science." Besides 
making- collections of specimens, 
the society holds regular meetings, 
at which papers on scientific sub- 
jects are read and discussed. 
These proceedings are published 
from time to time and form a val- 
uable addition to scientific litera- 
ture. The academy has a home in 
the large room on the second floor 
of the Public Library building. 
Cases are provided for the speci- 
mens, by the city. This col- 
lection includes a large number of 
mounted birds, an extensive col- 
lection of geological specimens and 
rare Indian relics. The academy 
some years ago added largely to 
its collection through a scientific 
expedition to the Philippine Is- 
lands. All persons interested in 
science are invited to contribute to 
the Museum. The officers are: T'. 
B. Walker, president; Prof. F. W. 
Sardeson, vice president; Harlow 
Gale, secretary; Edward C. Gale, 
treasurer. The membership is 
about 100. Meetings, to which the 
public is invited, are held month- 
ly. 

African Methodist Episcopal 
Churches. (See Churches, Miscel- 
laneous.) 

Agricultural Experiment Sta- 
tion. (See University of Minne- 
sota. ) 

Agricultural Implements. — The 

territory from which the agricul- 
tural implement trade of Minne- 
apolis is drawn includes some of 
the richest and most productive 
agricultural lands in the United 
States, and as a considerable por- 
tion of it is yet unsettled, the cer- 
tainty of continued expansion is 
apparent. The jobbing business is 
the most important branch of the 
industry, and Minneapolis is the 
largest distributing point in the 
world for goods of this character. 



For years the houses engaged in 
this business were grouped in a 
certain section of the city begin- 
ning at Fifth street and Third ave- 
nue north, extending along Third 
avenue to First street, and north 
on First street to Seventh avenue. 
All of this section is adjacent to 
railway "trackage," a necessary 
adjunct of the business. With the 
development of the Northwest the 
implement business outgrew the 
original location, and in 1900 the 
jobbers began seeking larger quar- 
ters. This expansion has contin- 
ued almost uninterruptedly ever 
since, and has resulted in the erec- 
tion of many new warehouses, in 
various parts of the city, where 
the best shipping facilities were 
obtainable. Among these new 
buildings are several of the most 
attractive and best equipped ware- 
houses in the country, which have 
served as models for similar struc- 
tures in other cities. The manu- 
facturing branch of the trade em- 
braces factories where threshing 
machinery, engines and separators, 
grain drills and seeders, plows and 
harrows, vehicles, wagons and bob- 
sleds, fanning mills, gasoline en- 
gines and hay presses are made. 
There are several of these facto- 
ries, the capital employed is about 
$3,000,000, the number of employes 
about 1,800 and in 1908 the prod- 
uct turned out was worth about 
$7,500,000. 

Agriculture, College of. (See Uni- 
versity of Minnesota.) 

Agriculture, School of. (See Uni- 
versity of Minnesota.) 

Aldermen. (See Government and 
City Officials.) 

Ambulance. — In case of acci- 
dent, ambulances and patrol wag- 
ons may be summoned for the re- 
moval of injured persons by tele- 
phoning to police headquarters In 
the city hall. An auto-patrol 
wagon is a part of the equipment. 



AMU-APA 



Amusements. — In its possibili- 
ties in the way of diversion and 
recreation Minneapolis is especial- 
ly fortunate. During the theatri- 
cal season, from the latter part 
of August to the end of May, the 
principal theatres supply a large 
variety of attractions, ranging 
from the finest dramatic and op- 
eratic performances, to the vaude- 
ville and burlesque productions 
usually given at low prices in one 
or more of the theatres. There is 
lively interest in music which finds 
its satisfaction in frequent con- 
certs, given by resident musicians 
and traveling companies. The 
winter season is gay with frequent 
balls, card parties, dinners and 
lesser society events, and in the 
summer the program is repeated 
on a smaller scale on the shores of 
Lake Minnetonka. 

It is to the surrounding lakes 
that Minneapolis owes much of her 
opportunities for enjoyment. Lakes 
Harriet and Calhoun and Lake of 
the Isles and Cedar Lake are with- 
in the city limits and are easily 
reached by electric car, carriage, 
automobile or wheel. At all 
these lakes rowing, sailing and 
fishing may be found. Picnics at 
these lakes, as well as at Minne- 
haha Falls, (which are within the 
city limits) are much in vogue. 
Excursions of from one hour to 
several days are possible through- 
out . the season. Smooth lake 
shore drives and tree-lined ave- 
nues make riding, automobiling, 
bicycling and pedestrianism popu- 
lar. Golf, tennis and croquet 
flourish. Fishing and hunting may 
be enjoyed without much loss of 
time on the road. Baseball, foot- 
ball, rowing, and other athletic 
sports are very popular, and the 
meets of several driving clubs 
supply pleasure for the lovers of 
fast horses. The state fair, with 
racing and other amusements, oc- 
cupies a week in early September. 
"Wonderland," an amusement park 
at Lake St. and 31st Av. S., is open 



during the summer season, and 
Big Island Park, at Minnetonka, 
offers similar attractions as well 
as concerts and boating and fish- 
ing. Skating is ordinarily in sea- 
son from Thanksgiving to the mid- 
dle of March. A score of lakes and 
ponds within the city limits are 
utilized for this sport until deep 
snow interferes, but the ice in Lor- 
ing Park lake and in some other 
parks is kept in good order all 
winter. 

Ice yachting is very popular. 
There are many ice yachts at Lake 
Calhoun, while at Lake Minneton- 
ka the sport is enjoyed in full 
measure on the long reaches of 
that beautiful lake. (See Minne- 
tonka Yacht Club.) 

The frozen surface of Lake of 
the Isles is utilized each winter 
for an ice race track where the 
( owners of fast horses find most 
exhilarating amusement. Curling 
is another winter sport and bowl- 
ing — though popular all the year — 
is given more attention in the win- 
ter. 

There are usually about three 
months of sleighing. More detailed 
references to the various amuse- 
ments will be found under their 
particular heads. (See Theatees, 
State Faik, Excuesions, etc.) 

Andrew Presbyterian Church.— 

The oldest Presbyterian church in 
the city, has a modern edifice, cor- 
ner of 4th St. and 8th Av. S. E. 
Oak & Harriet and Como-Harriet 
lines. (See Peesbyteeian Chuech- 
es.) 

Andrus Building*. — A ten story 
office building at the corner of 
Nicollet Av. and- 5th St. It is fire 
proof and modern in all its details 
of construction. The ninth floor 
is occupied by the Commercial 
Club. 

Apartment Houses. — Minneapo- 
lis has some of the finest "flats" 
in the country. Rentals vary from 
$15 or $20 to $100 or more per 



APO-ART 



month — the latter figures for the 
most elegant and commodious 
flats. 

Apollo Club. — A male oiiorus of 
100 which gives three concerts 
each year exclusively to its sub- 
scribers, many of whom have been 
subscribers since its organization 
in 1895. The club rooms are in 
the Lyric Theatre building and 
the officers are J. E. Clilford, 
president; Geo. H. Lugsdin, vice 
president; Geo. B. Eustis, secre- 
tary; and I. D. Cooper, treasurer. 
Musical director, H. S. Woodruff. 

Apron, The. (See St. Anthony 
Falls.) 

Architectural Features. — Among 
western cities Minneapolis stands 
very high, architecturally consid- 
ered. The substantial character of ( 
the city's buildings is often com- 
mented upon most favorably; the 
display of architectural taste and 
ability attracts no less attention 
from the cultivated visitor. Many 
of the public buildings are Ro- 
manesque in leading features, but 
pure types of any period or style 
are wanting. Nearly everything is 
modernized. The Court House and 
City Hall, Metropolitan Life build- 
ing, Auditorium, Bank of Com- 
merce building, First National 
Bank building, Northwestern Na- 
tional Bank building, Security 
Bank building, Public Library, 
Chamber of Commerce, new Don- 
aldson building, Andrus building, 
Lumber Exchange, Minneapolis 
Club, Northwestern Miller build- 
ing, and Science Hall and the Li- 
brary at the University are among 
the best designed buildings. The 
First Unitarian, Westminster Pres- 
byterian, Fowler Methodist, Church 
of the Redeemer and the new Ply- 
mouth Congregational Church are 
models of church architecture, 
while the residences of Judge M. 
B. Koon, C. D. Velie, J. B. Gilfil- 
lan, S. R. Rogers, John DeLaittre, 



W. D. Washburn, Charles J. Mar- 
tin, W. H. Dunwoody, Frederick 
W. Clifford, and George H. Part- 
ridge are conspicuous for archi- 
tectural skill displayed, as are the 
Imperial and Colonial apartment 
houses. A notable example of 
modern business architecture is 
the Cream of Wheat company's 
building. 

Area (of Minneapolis). — In the 

corporate limits of Minneapolis 
there are 53.29 square miles. The 
city is ten miles long (from north 
to south) by about six miles wide. 

Armory. — The various militia 
companies of the city occupy a 
massive structure on Kenwood 
Parkway near Lyndale avenue. 
The armory was completed in 1906 
at a cost of more than $150,000 
and is one of the finest in the 
country. The building covers a 
space of 165 by 200 feet. On the 
first floor is a large drill hall, 150 
feet square, and company rooms, 
provided with lockers, for six in- 
fantry companies and one battery 
of artillery. In addition there are 
ample storage facilities, a good 
gymnasium, shower baths, head- 
quarters and staff rooms, a regi- 
mental band-room with lockers, 
and a rifle range thirty yards in 
length. A gallery runs around the 
drill-hall, affording a view of the 
floor below. On the third floor is 
a dance hall, 70 by 90 feet, 
equipped with a large stage, a 
banquet hall, retiring rooms, and 
a kitchen. As the Armory is im- 
mediately opposite the public Pa- 
rade it is admirably situated for 
convenience in military drill and 
maneuvers. Como-Harriet, Ken- 
wood and Monroe & Bryant elec- 
tric cars. 



Army, IT. 



(See Ft. Snelling.) 



Art Commission. — The Art Com- 
mission of the City of Minneapolis 
is constituted under a legislative 



ART-ASH 



act which provides that no work 
of art shall become the property of 
the city by purchase, gift or other- 
wise, unless the same or a model 
thereof, tog-ether with a statement 
of the proposed location shall be 
approved by the commission. The 
present members of the commis- 
sion are: 

E. C. Chatheid, president; Robert 
Koehler, W. C. Whitney, Edward 
C. Gale, and John S. Bradstreet. 

Art Galleries. — The progress of 
art is slow in all western cities, 
but Minneapolis is far in advance 
of many older places. This is due 
to the influence of a group of culti- 
vated men and women who estab- 
lished the Minneapolis Society of 
Fine Arts and who have done much 
to encourage worthy artists and 
the local art dealers. The public 
library maintains a public gallery 
in the library building. This col- 
lection is enriched with loans 
from private galleries, and with a 
collection of statuary casts. Sev- 
eral small galleries, which like the 
Art Society collection are free to 
the public, are to be found in con- 
nection with the art stores and the 
studios of resident painters. The 
Beard Art Galleries, fourth floor 
Dayton building, corner Seventh 
St. and Nicollet Av., are worth 
visiting. The enterprise of this 
company has established one of 
the most beautiful suites, (con- 
sisting of nine galleries), in the 
country. Private galleries are 
few. The most extensive are those 
owned by Mr. T. B. Walker and 
Mr. Thomas Lowry. 

Arts and Crafts Society. — The 

object of the society is to encour- 
age the production of artistic hand- 
icraft, to establish mutual and 
helpful relations between designer 
and craftsman and to stimulate the 
appreciation of harmony and fit- 
ness in design. 

Dating from the founding in 
1895, of the original "Chalk and 



Chisel Club," under which name it 
was first organized, the society has 
the honor of being the oldest Arts 
and Crafts Society in this country. 

Beyond the actual study among 
the members, the society desires 
above all to make its work of prac- 
tical benefit to the community and 
takes an active interest in all lines 
of art development. 

A public exhibition is held once 
in two years representing nearly 
all branches of the art handicrafts 
from workers all over the United 
States. 

The officers are: President, 
Mrs. R. W. Tice; vice president, 
Mrs. H. S. Woodruff; secretary, 
Miss Marian Parker; treasurer, 
Miss Nellie S. Trufant. 

Art Schools. (See Minneapolis 
Society of Fine Akts and Handi- 
craft Guild.) 

Art Society. (See Minneapolis 
Society of Fine Arts.) 

Art Stores. — There are several 
places where artists' materials and 
pictures of various kinds may be 
purchased. These stores usually 
make a display of paintings, etch- 
ings and other works of art. Well 
worth visiting are the Beard Art 
Galleries, Dayton building, corner 
7th St. and Nicollet Av. 

In quite a number of shops may 
be found a development of the 
growing tendency to the applica- 
tion of art ideas in the manufac- 
ture of merchandise of all kinds, 
notably in glass and china, furni- 
ture and fabrics. The Craft House 
of J. S. Bradstreet at 7th St. and 
4th Ave. S. and the rooms of the 
Handicraft Guild at 89 S. 10th St., 
should be visited by all interested 
in art work. 

Ashes and Garbage. — The mu- 
nicipal government makes provi- 
sion for the removal of ashes and 
garbage under rules established by 
the commissioner of health. The 
garbage is burned in a crematory 



ASS-ASS 



at Camden Place; ashes are used 
for filling low places in the city. 

The rules cover necessary de- 
tails and provide that the owners 
or occupants of each house must 
provide metallic cans with close 
fitting covers and of twenty gal- 
lons capacity for garbage and 
thirty gallons capacity for ashes. 
Only garbage — animal and vege- 
table matter — and refuse which 
will burn may be put in the gar- 
bage can, and ashes, tin cans, bro- 
ken glassware, etc., into the ash 
can. Collectors will not remove 
garbage mixed with water, ashes, 
tin cans or glass. Mixing garbage 
and ashes is a punishable offense. 
All complaints should be made to 
the garbage department of the 
health office. 

In some localities the residents 
have joined together to employ 
contractors to perform all these 
duties for the neighborhood, some- 
times adding street sprinkling, 
and sidewalk cleaning during the 
snowy season. 

Assessed Valuation. — By the last 
assessment Minneapolis property, 
real and personal, is valued at 
$175,912,389. Of this amount 
$126,899,966 is represented by 
ground and buildings, and $49,- 
012,423 personal property. As 
the assessment is less than fifty 
per cent of the true value and 
much personal property always 
escapes taxation, the wealth of 
the city may be safely estimated 
at over $300,000,000. The tax 
levy for 1908 is 28.62. 

The assessed valuation and tax 
rate for several years past were as 
follows: 

Rate. 

1900 , . $99,492,054 27.40 

1901 , , 102,212,506 29.86 

1902 121,417,636 25.32 

1903 128,596,734 28.46 

1904 135,708,902 26.85 

1905 138,690,490 28.56 

1906 164,419,145 26.50 

1907 168,038,386 30.17 

1908 175,912,389 28.62 



Associated Charities. — The As- 
sociated Charities of Minneapolis 
was established in 1885 and incor- 
porated in 1889. Its chief object 
is the improvement of the condi- 
tion of the poor in Minneapolis. 
Its principles are to encourage 
thrift; to help each applicant to 
help himself; to raise the poor 
above the need of relief; to prevent 
children from growing up as pau- 
pers; to inculcate the best princi- 
ples of poor relief; to prevent 
fraud, begging and indiscriminate 
giving; to find prompt and ade- 
quate relief for the really needy; 
to procure expert and professional 
services for the poor; to establish 
personal friendly relations between 
the poor and the well to do; to 
investigate applicants, not for the 
purpose of finding them out but 
of finding out how to help them; 
to promote co-operation among 
individuals and societies for the 
good of the unfortunate. 

The Associated Charities main- 
tains the following departments to 
accomplish the objects noted above: 
relief and aid, investigation and 
registration, free legal aid, friendly 
visiting, free employment bureau, 
relief and prevention of- tuber- 
culosis, visiting nurses to care 
for the needy sick in their homes, 
and a registry of all Minneapolis 
charities and charity solicitors. 

The work is carried on entirely 
by voluntary subscriptions. The 
society makes no distinction be- 
tween applicants on account of re- 
ligion, politics, color, or national- 
ity; it never proselytizes or inter- 
feres with the work of any benev- 
olent or charitable society, but at- 
tempts to bring all philanthropic 
forces into harmonious and effect- 
ive relations. 

Jos. R. Kingman is president. 
Henry L. Moore, treasurer, and 
Eugene T. Lies, general secretary. 
The central office is in the Court 
House and City Hall. (See Be- 
nevolent Societies, Government 
an<} Cparities and Corrections.) 



ASY-AUG 



Asylums. (See Benevolent Soci- 
eties and Institutions, and Hospi- 
tals.) 

Athenaeum. (See Public Libra- 
ry.) 

Athletics. (See Sports.) 

Auditorium. — The Minneapolis 
auditorium was erected in 1905 by 
the Northwestern National Life 
Insurance company of Minneapolis 
in connection with a home office 
building- for the company, at the 
corner of Nicollet avenue and Elev- 
enth street. Its main front is on 
Eleventh street. From its handsome 
facade of 110 feet in width the 
building- extends towards Twelfth 
street 220 feet. On all sides it is 
surrounded .by open space, even the 
adjoining office building being sep- 
arated from it by a wide alley. 
This arrangement makes possible 
a very complete system of exits, 
which, with the general fire-proof 
construction, makes the building 
as safe as is possible. 

Foyers of the full width of the 
building are found on the first, sec- 
ond and third floors, from, which 
wide promenades lead down either 
side of the auditorium. Numerous 
doors admit to these promenades. 
On the main floor six exterior 
doors lead from the promenades to 
the surrounding open air alleys, 
making it possible for people from 
this floor to reach the outside of 
the building without passing to the 
front of the building at Eleventh 
street. Separate exits are provid- 
ed for the balcony and gallery so 
that opposing streams of people 
can never meet when the building 
is being emptied. 

Although rising to the full 
height of the office building — four 
stories — the Auditorium has but 
three floors — the main floor, bal- 
cony floor and gallery floor; but on 
the Eleventh street front a small 
dancing hall, 40x65 feet, has been 
provided on the' fourth floor level. 
At the other end of the auditoriumi 



the stage occupies the full width 
of the building. It is 44 feet deep, 
with a proscenium arch 58 feet 
wide and 40 feet in height. There 
is room on this stage for a chorus 
of 400 besides the space allotted 
to the great pipe organ. Numer- 
ous dressing and retiring rooms 
afford every convenience. 

At the right of the stage is a 
magnificent concert pipe organ, 
which is the fourth in size in the 
United States. It is a four manual 
organ with about 4,000 pipes and 
140 stops, has sufficient volume to 
fill the hall properly, and is 
equipped with all modern improve- 
ments for perfect manipulation. 

The seating capacity of the hall 
is about 2,500, divided as fol- 
lows: main floor 1,500, balcony and 
gallery about 500 each. For con- 
vention purposes the seating capa- 
city of the stage may be added to 
this. The main floor is of concrete 
and level; but when used for con- 
certs, lectures or similar entertain- 
ments, a sloping, movable floor of 
wood is placed in position. De- 
tails of equipment and decoration 
are worked out along the most 
modern and approved lines, and 
Minneapolis has as complete and 
well designed an auditorium as any 
city in the country. 

The exterior of the building is 
dignified and appropriate to its 
purposes. This as well as the de- 
tails of interior construction, are 
the result of careful study upon 
the part of the architects, Messrs. 
Bertrand & Chamberlin of Min- 
neapolis. 

The complete structures, includ- 
ing the auditorium, office building 
and the land, represent an invest- 
ment of about $400,000. 

Augsburg* Seminary. — This is an 
institution of the Norwegian-Luth- 
eran Church, and is located at the 
corner of 7th St. and 21st Av. S. 
It was organized as a theological 
school at Marshall, Wis., in 1869. 
In 1871 it was removed to Min- 



AUG-BAN 



neapolis, and in 1874 the main 
building-, a four-story structure, 
113x52 feet, was commenced. On 
January 1, 1902, a modern build- 
ing- costing- $45,000, was dedicated. 
With other lesser buildings this 
gives the seminary an admirable 
equipment. To Professor Sven 
Oftedal, who has been identified 
with the seminary since 1873, is 
due a large part of the credit for 
its success. (Minnehaha electric 
line.) 

Augustana Lutheran Church. — 
One of the largest churches of the 
denomination in the west; located 
at the corner of 11th Av. S. and 
7th St. Rev. Chas. J. Petri is pas- 
tor. 

Automobiles. — The use of auto- 
mobiles has increased very rapidly 
within a few years and there are 
now over 2,500 machines in daily 
use in the city. The broad, level 
streets, fine suburban drives and 
excellent county roads are impor- 
tant factors in the popularity of 
automobiling-. The trade in motor 
cars is developing into one of the 
leading- lines of the city. There is 
not only a large sale to local resi- 
dents, but a growing market for 
the machines throughout the 
Northwest. Many fine garages are 
maintained and autos may be hired 
with competent chauffeurs. 

Many of the owners of machines 
are members of the Minneapolis 
Automobile Club, which has a 
membership of over 800. Horace 
Lowry is president and George 
H. Seeley secretary. The club 
maintains a club house and office 
in the Plaza Hotel and has erect- 
ed a beautiful club house on the 
bluffs overlooking the Minnesota 
river, about 18 miles south of 
the city. 

Avenues. (See Streets and Ave- 
nues.) 

Baggage. — Delivery companies 
call for baggage in any part of the 



city and deliver it at the depots 
at a uniform rate of 25c per piece, 
except from remote points. Most 
of the railroads now check bag- 
gage to destination at the time of 
sale of tickets, sending to the 
house or hotel for the trunks and 
thus saving the traveler all annoy- 
ance at the station. The charge 
for this accommodation is 25c, 
within a central district. (See Ex- 
press Charges.) 

Bakeries. — Nearly everything 
for the table in the line of bread, 
cakes and pastry, can be obtained 
at the leading bakeries at reason- 
able prices. Special articles are 
prepared to order, both at the first- 
class bakeries and at the caterers. 
(See Caterers.) 

Bands and Orchestras. — The in- 
strumental organizations of the 
city are these: 

Cafarella's Italian Harp Or- 
chestra. — 2124 Crystal Lake Av. 

Danz Orchestra. — Metropolitan 
Music Co. Bldg., 41-43 S. 6th St. 

First Regiment Band and Or- 
chestra. — 41-43 S. 6th St. J. P. 
Rossiter, director. 

Kelsey's Orchestra. — 41-43 S. 
6th St. 

Ladies' Orchestra. — Mrs. T. T. 
Lyons director, 1509 10th Av. S. 

Minneapolis Park Band. — Emil 
Oberhoffer, director. 

Minneapolis Symphony Orches- 
tra. — Emil Oberhoffer, director. 

New England Boy's Band. — 804 
Nicollet Av. C. C. Heintzeman, 
director. 

Potter's Orchestra. — 2334 Cen- 
tral Av. 

Schubert's Orchestra. — 606 Nic- 
ollet Av. 

Shirley's Mandolin Orchestra. 
—41-43 S. 6th St. 

University of Minnesota Band. 
— B. A. Rose, director. 

Bank Clearing's. (See Clearing 
House.) 

Banks. — A total capital of $6,- 
450,000, is shown by the national 



The Security National Bank 

4th St. and 2nd Ave. So. 



CAPITAL and SURPLUS $2,250,000 
DEPOSITS .... $16,500,000 



F. G. Winston 
W. S. Nott 
T. H. Shevltn 
H. C. Akeley 
Geo. F. Piper 
LF. Day 



DIRECTORS: 

F. A. Chamberlain 
Perry Harrison 
11, M. Bennett 
J. S. Pomeroy 
J. H. Queal 
F. P. Hixon 



Louis K. Hull 
E. F. Mearkle 
C. C. Webber 

E. J, Carpei^ter 
C. F. Deaver 

F. M, Crosby 
L. C. Barnett 



OFFICERS: 

F. A. Chamberlain. President Perry Harrison, V-President 

E. F. Mearkle, Vice-President J. S. Pomeroy, Cashier 

Fred Spafford, Assistant Cashier 

George Lawther, Assistant Cashier 

S. H. Bezoier, Assistant Cashier 



Accounts in SAVINGS DEPARTMENT draw 
3 per cent interest compounded quarterly 



SPECIAL DEPARTMENT FOR LADIES 



BAN-BAP 



and state banks of Minneapolis. 
In addition there is a large bro- 
kerage business and a heavy capi- 
tal controlled by loan and trust 
companies. The following are the 
banks with their locations and 
capital. 

National Banks. 

First. — Cor. 5th St. and 1st Av. 
S. $2,000,000. 

Minnesota National. — 20-22 S. 
4th St. $200,000. 

Northwestern. — 407-413 1st Av. 
S. $2,000,000. 

Security. — Security Bank Bldg., 
Cor. 4th St. and 2nd Av. S. $1,- 
000,000. 

Scandinavian - American. — 52 
and 54 S. 4th St. $250,000. 

State Banks. 

Central Av. — Central Av. and 
25th St. N. E. $25,000. 

East Side. — Central Av. and Uni- 
versity. $100,000. 

Germania. — 4 1 6 Nicollet Av. 
$100,000. 

German American. — 1225 N. 
Washington Av. $100,000. 

Hennepin County Savings. — 1st 
Av. S. and 4th St. $100,000. 
(Does a general banking business.) 

Merchants' & Manufacturers'. — 
242 20th Av. N. $50,000. 

Metropolitan. — Metropolitan 
Life Bldg., $200,000. 

Minneapolis. — 612 W. Lake St. 
$25,000. 

St. Anthony Falls. — Cor. Cen- 
tral Av. and 4th St. S. E, $200,000. 

South Side State Bank. — 405 Ce- 
dar Av. $50,000. 

Union. — 1st Av. S. and Washing- 
ton Av. $50,000. 

Savings Banks. 

Farmers and Mechanics. — 115 S. 
4th St. 

Hennepin County. — 1st Av. S. 
and 4th St. 

Savings Bank of Minneapolis. — 
2nd Av. S. and 4th St. 

State Institution for Savings. — 
517 1st Av. S. 



Swedish-American. — 52-54 S. 
4th St. 

The First National, Northwest- 
ern National and Security Nation- 
al banks maintain savings depart- 
ments. 

The total deposits in Minneapo- 
lis banks are over $80,000,000. 

(See Loan & Trust Companies, 
Clearing House, etc.) 

Bankruptcy. — The office of O. C. 
Merriman, U. S. Referee in Bank- 
ruptcy, is in the Post Office or Fed- 
eral Building, corner Third St. and 
First Av. S. 

Baptist Churches. — The history 
of the Baptist denomination in 
Minneapolis dates from 1S50, when 
what is now the Olivet Baptist 
Church was organized. It is now 
one of the strongest sects in the 
city, having seventeen churches 
and several nourishing missions. 
Following is a list of the houses 
of worship: 

Bethany Mission. — 20th Av. N. 
and Russell Av. 

Bechesda (Colored). — Sth St. bet. 
11th and 12th Avs. S. 

Bethel ( Swedish ). — 28th Av. S. 
and 24th St. 

Calvary. — Cor. Blaisdell Av. and 
W. 26th St. 

Central. — Cor. 4th Av. S. and 
Grant 6t. 

Central Av. Mission. — 310 Cen- 
tral Av. 

Chicago Avenue. — 3200 Chicago 
Av. 

Elim (Swedish). — Cor. 13th Av. 
N. E. and Madison St. 

Emerson Avenue Mission. — 910 
Emerson A v. N. 

First. — Cor. 10th St. and Har- 
mon Place. 

First German. — 20th Av. N. bet. 
Lyndale and Aldrich. 

First Norwegian and Danish. — 
Cor. 13th Av. S. and 7th St. 

First Swedish. — Cor. 13th Av. S. 
and Sth St. 

Fourth. — Cor. ISth A v. N. and 
Dupont Av. 



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10 



Immanuel. — Cor. Bloomington 
Av. and E. 23rd St. 

Judson Memorial Chapel. — Cor. 
38th St. and S. Harriet Av. 

Loyalty. — 2322 Central Av. 

Memorial Mission. — 2nd St. N. 
bet. 32d and 33d Aves. N. 

Olivet. — Cor. 13th Av. S. E. and 
4th St. 

Prospect M i s s i o n. — Prospect 
Hill. 

Tabernacle. — Cor. 23rd Av. S. 
and 8th St. 

Trinity. — Cor. Lincoln and Bry- 
ant Aves. , 

Zion (Colored). — 4th St. and 6th 
Av. N. 

Bar Association, The Minneap- 
olis, was incorporated in 1883, 
with a capital stock of $30,000. It 
maintains a law library at the 
court house. 

Barnes Place. — A tract of one 
and one-third acres at the inter- 
section of James Av. N. and 
Thomas PI. in Oak Park. (See 
Park System.) 

Barracks. (See Fort Snelling.) 

Base Ball. — The grounds of the 
Minneapolis base ball club are at 
the corner of Nicollet Av. and 
Lake St. and are reached by the 
First Avenue S. & 20th Av. N.; 
the Washburn Pk. & Camden, and 
the Selby-Lake car • lines. Sun- 
day games are played at Minne- 
haha Ball Park (Minnehaha car). 

The Minneapolis Base Ball and 
Athletic Association is officered as 
follows: M. E. Cantillon, presi- 
dent; Joe Cantillon, vice-president; 
Frank Hughes, secretary; Ed. N. 
Dickinson, business manager. 

Baths. — Facilities for bathing 
may be found in connection with 
the larger barber shops, the more 
pretentious adding Turkish, and 
all the list of special baths. Lake 
bathing may be enjoyed at Lake 
Calhoun, and at Hall's Island in 
the river at east end of Plymouth 



Av. bridge, where dressing rooms 
and other conveniences are pro- 
vided by the park commissioners. 
At Lake Minnetonka there are 
numerous fine bathing places. 

Bazaars. (See Department 
Stores.) 

Benevolent Societies and Insti- 
tutions. — Connected with nearly 
every church in the city there are 
one or more societies of a benevo- 
lent nature. These are usually 
limited in scope to the poor of the 
church or have as an object the col- 
lection of funds for educational or 
missionary work. Some, however, 
have established charitable insti- 
tutions in the city. The total 
benevolences of the city, if a com- 
pilation were possible, would show 
an enormous aggregate. The peo- 
ple of Minneapolis have a reputa- 
tion for especial liberality. The 
following are some of the princi- 
pal benevolent institutions in the 
city: 

Associated Charities. — Office in 
City Hall. 

Catholic Orphan Asylum. — Cor. 
Chicago Av. and 47th St. 

Children's Home Finding Soc. — 
St. Anthony Park. 

Florence Crittenton H o m e. — 
2014 26th Av. S. 

German Home for Women and 
Orphans. — 1009 20th Av. N. 

Home for the Aged (Little Sis- 
ters of the Poor). — 215 Broadway 

N. E. 

Home for Children and Aged 
Women. — 3200 Stevens Av. 

Humane Society. — Office in Court 
House and City Hall. 

Jones-Harrison Home. — S. W. 
shore Cedar Lake. For aged 
women. 

Minnesota Soldiers Home. — 
Minnehaha Park. 

Mission Cottage Home. — 11th 
Av. S. and 27th St. 

Sheltering Arms.-— 2650 N, Em- 
erson Av. 



Washburn Home. — Cor. Nicollet 
Av. and 49th St. An orphan asylum 
endowed by the late Gov. C. C. 
Washburn of Wisconsin. 

(See Hospitals., Associated Chae- 
ities, etc.) 

Bicycling*. — Broad, hard streets, 
good pavements in the business 
center, many miles of bicycle 
paths, together with the absence 
of great elevations and steep gra- 
dients, make Minneapolis the ideal 
place for the bicyclist. There are 
some 40 miles of bicycle paths in 
the city and under an ordinance 
every wheel using a city path must 
carry a license tag which may be 
obtained from the city clerk on 
payment of a fee of 50c. 

Bijou Opera House. — On Wash- 
ington Av. between Hennepin 4-V. 
and 1st Av. N. It presents a 
large variety of attractions during 
the entire year at popular prices. 
(See Theatres.) 

Bill Posting*. — Show-bills as a 
medium for advertising are used 
principally by the theatres and 
traveling theatrical companies, but 
find favor with certain local adver- 
tisers who occasionally patronize 
the numerous bill boards. 

Bloomington. — The township 
south of Richfield and second 
south of the city. It lies along the 
Minnesota river in the southeast- 
ern part of Hennepin county. It 
is a fine farming community. 

Boarding 1 Houses. — An excess of 
the masculine element of the popu- 
lation is characteristic of the 
West. Minneapolis is not an ex- 
ception to the general rule and her 
army of homeless young men 
brought countless boarding houses 
into existence. Supplemented, as 
the brigade of young men board- 
ers is, by a contingent of the usual 
boarding class and a numerous 
company of new arrivals who find 
boarding a convenient 'temporary 
arrangement, it may be said that 



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an unusually large proportion of 
the population is at the mercy of 
the landlady. The boarding houses 
range from the cheap barracks 
where the laborer lodges to the 
elegant family hotel where luxu- 
ries are provided at high prices. 
Rates range from $2.50 to $25 or 
more per week. Good board can 
be obtained at from $5 to $7 per 
week, the rent of room and other 
accommodations being extra. For 
about $10 a week one can secure 
very pleasant quarters and an at- 
tractive table. Higher rates are 
for luxuries and style, excepting 
of course the charges made by 
hotels, which cover a service not 
usually given in a boarding house. 
The majority of the boarding 
houses are within the region 
bounded by 1st Av. N., 13th St., 
6th Av. S. and the river. Many 
people prefer to rent a room or 
rooms and take their meals else- 
where, either at boarding houses, 
hotels or restaurants. Rooms may 
be obtained at from $5 per month 
up, according to location and fur- 
nishing. Comfortable rooms with- 
in a mile of the business center 
range from $10 to $15 per month. 

Board of Education. (See City 
Officials and Public Schools.) 

Boating*. — Scores of lakes within 
easy reach afford unexcelled fa- 
cilities for boating. Within the 
city limits are five or six delight- 
ful lakes, controlled by the board 
of park commissioners and sup- 
plied with an abundance of light 
and safe row-boats. Lakes Cal- 
houn and Harriet are accessible 
by ,the Como-Harriet electric car 
line and each have large fleets of 
boats. Each of these lakes is 
about a mile long and they are 
about four miles from the post 
office, the ride occupying about 
thirty minutes. Cedar Lake on the 
western border of the city may be 
reached by the Kenwood electric 
car line. At every point on Lake 



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Minnetonka reached by the rail- 
roads boats are kept to let. (See 
Minnetonka.) The prevailing 

charge there as at the city lakes 
is 25c per hour with a reduction 
when boats are wanted for sev- 
eral hours or a day. There are 
many other beautiful lakes in the 
vicinity of the city where boats 
are kept, but none so easily 
reached as those already men- 
tioned, private conveyance being 
ordinarily required. The Missis- 
sippi River, though having a 
course of some eight miles 
through the city, is not adapted 
to boating. Below the falls the 
rapids are dangerous, and above 
the channel is obstructed by booms 
and floating logs. (See Sailing.) 

Bonds. (See Finances.) 

Books of Reference. — A m o n g 

the mass of pamphlet literature 
which has been published with 
Minneapolis as a subject, there is 
but little which has a permanent 
value or which is in any way avail- 
able for reference. This is gen- 
erally due to the fact that such 
publications are printed in perish- 
able form, or are composed large- 
ly of statistics which have no 
worth beyond the year to which 
they apply. Hence the only mat- 
ter suitable for consultation is 
that which may be found in stand- 
ard works published in substantial 
and permanent form or at regular 
intervals. The "Dictionary of 
Minneapolis" is the only annual 
publication giving complete infor- 
mation regarding Minneapolis up- 
to-date. "A' Half Century of Min- 
neapolis," a large historical work 
published in 1908, is the complete 
story of the city to that time. 
It is a book of 570 pages, exten- 
sively illustrated and contains a 
very complete index. The Min- 
neapolis City Directory, published 
by the Minneapolis Directory 
Company, is published each year 
in July and includes the names, 
addresses and occupations of the 



residents of the city, as well as 
a business directory and the 
usual classifications found in such 
works. Strangers can find the 
directory in all first-class drug 
stores and on the desks of all the 
hotel offices. A "Blue Book" for 
Minneapolis and St. Paul is pub- 
lished every odd numbered year in 
January by R. L. Polk & Co. It 
contains, not an exclusive list of 
"blue bloods," but a street and 
number and alphabetical classi- 
fication of the names of people 
who have homes in the city. "The 
Blue Book of Minneapolis Clubs" 
is a complete roll and directory 
of the membership of the leading 
social, athletic, outing and com- 
mercial clubs of the city. The 
printed and bound reports of the 
city officers and boards are ordi- 
narily to be found at the city hall 
and public library. Their utility 
is obvious to the student of public 
affairs. Another set of valuable 
statistical reports are those issued 
each year by the secretary of the 
chamber of commerce. Nearly all 
the above works may be consulted 
at the public library. 

Book Stores. — As is the case 
With nearly all the lines of retail 
trade the better class of Minneap- 
olis book stores are on or near 
Nicollet Av. N. McCarthy, at Day- 
ton's, 7th and Nicollet, E. D. 
Brooks, 89 S. 10th St., and S. M. 
Williams, at 317 Hennepin Av., 
carry general lines, as do the va- 
rious department stores. The lead- 
ing old book stores are E. D. 
Brooks, 89 S. 10th St., Minneapolis 
Book Exchange 229 Nicollet Av. 
The Northwestern School Supply 
Co., 706 Hennepin Av., carries 
school books and kindergarten 
supplies. The Shaftesbury Shop 
45 S. 6th St. makes a specialty 
of bibles, general religious books 
and Sunday School supplies, M. G. 
Noonan & Co., 612 1st Av. S., 
Catholic church and school sup- 
plies, and the H. W. Wilson Co., 



University and 14th Ay. S. E.. 
and Northwestern School Supply 
Co., 329 14th Av. S. E., of text- 
books. (See Stationers and 
Newsdealers.) 

Booms. — The log booms occupy 
a considerable portion of the river 
opposite and above the city. Long 
strings of logs, fastened securely 
end to end, and anchored to piers 
in the river, or made fast to the 
shore, serve to prevent the float- 
ing logs of the drive from being 
carried past the city in confusion. 
When the logs arrive at the booms 
they are sorted out and turned 
into the divisions belonging to the 
various mills. The process of 
sorting logs in the river is worth 
seeing. The best place to observe 
it is at what is called the main 
sorting gap, which is opposite the 
mouth of Shingle Creek, about 
three miles up the stream from the 
steel arch bridge. (Washburn 
Park and Camden PI. electric line.) 
At this point the boom men ex- 
amine the logs and by the brands 
determine their ownership. Be- 
low the main sorting gap the sur- 
face of the river channel is di- 
vided by log strings or chains into 
small channels which lead the logs 
to the various mill "ponds," as the 
portions of the boom belonging to 
distinct mills are called. Tne 
booms occupy about four miles of 
the river opposite the city. For 
perhaps thirty miles above there 
are shore booms which are used 
for storing logs until needed to 
keep up the supply below. t (See 
Lumber and Saw Mills.) 

Boston Block. — The seven story 
white stone office building at the 
corner of 3rd St. and Hennepin Av. 

Boulevards. (See Parks and 
Parkways, Streets and Avenues, 
and the several boulevards and 
parkways by name.) 

Branch Libraries. (See Public 
Library.) 



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Branch Post Offices. (See 
Post Office.) 

Brewing*. — One of the leading in- 
dustries of Minneapolis is the 
brewing of beer w r hile distilleries 
of spirituous liquors are conspic- 
uous by their absence. Minneap- 
olis is a great natural market for 
grain and receives vast quantities 
of barley each year. The largest 
brewing plant in the city, and one 
of the largest in the country is 
that of the Minneapolis Brewing 
Co., cor. Marshall St. and 13th Av. 
N. E. This plant, covering four 
acres of ground, and having a 
brewing capacity of 500,000 barrels 
annually, employs a force of 250 
men. (Western & 2nd St. electric 
line.) 

Bridal Veil Falls. — A beautiful 
little cascade formed by a small 
stream which leaps over the Mis- 
sissippi river cliffs on the east 
side just above the Franklin Av. 
bridge. The falls may be reached 
by the Oak & Harriet electric line, 
or by driving out E. Franklin Av. 
or from the east side by following 
the St. Anthony parkway from the 
east end of the Washington Av. 
bridge. About 2% miles from the 
center of city. 

Bridgres. — There are 20 bridges 
spanning the Mississippi river (or 
its various channels) within the 
corporate limits of Minneapolis. 
Ten of these are highway bridges 
and eight are used by railroads. 
The ten highway bridges, which 
are owned and controlled by the 
city, are the following: 

Thirty-second Av. North. — Iron. 

Twentieth Avenue North. — 
Iron. 

Plymouth Avenue. — Iron. 

Steel Arch. — Steel. (See Steel 
Arch Bridge.) 

Stone Arch. — Stone, (across the 
east channel from Nicollet Island 
at Central Av.) 

Hennepin Island.— Steel, (over 



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east channel from Hennepin Island 
to 3rd Av. S. E.) 

Tenth Avenue South. — Iron. 

Washington Avenue. — Iron. 

Franklin Avenue. — Iron. 

Lake Street. — Iron. 

The aggregate length of city 
bridges is over two miles. Their 
cost was considerably more than a 
million dollars. 

The railroad bridges are the 
Northern Pacific (iron) at 25th Av. 
N., the Soo Line Bridgeat Camden 
Place, the Minneapolis Western 
R. R. bridge below 10th Av. S., the 
iron bridges of the Great Northern 
railroad over the east and west 
channels at Nicollet Island; the 
iron bridges of the Soo Line, at 
Nicollet Island; the stone arch 
bridge (which see); the lower 
Northern Pacific iron bridge at 
the foot of S. 1st St., and the 
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul 
bridge at the foot of E. 25th St. 
(See High Bridge.) 

In addition to the Mississippi 
river bridges there are over 100 
bridges at railroad and street in- 
tersections and over the various 
creeks which flow into the Missis- 
sippi. 

Bridge Square. — The lower end 
of Hennepin and Nicollet Avenues 
from their intersection, between 
1st and 2nd Sts., to the Mississippi 
river is called Bridge Square. It 
commands a view of both avenues 
with the old city hall in the center 
of the foreground. (See Civic 
Center. ) 

Bryn Mawr. — The name of a 
residence section lying about half 
a mile west of Loring Park. Bryn 
Mawr electric car. 

Builders' Exchange. — An asso- 
ciation of contractors and builders; 
has rooms in the Warner Bldg., 
15 6th St. 

Building* Inspector. (See Build- 
ing Restrictions, and City Offi- 
cials.) 



Building 1 Material. — Underneath 
her own streets and town lots lies 
some of the best of Minneapolis' 
building material. A ledge of fine 
blue limestone crops out along the 
Mississippi river cliffs and under- 
lies much of the city — at some 
places so near the surface as to 
make blasting necessary in the 
work of cellar excavations. This 
stone is universally used for foun- 
dations and frequently in the walls 
of churches, dwellings and busi- 
ness buildings. It is also largely 
used, crushed, in making concrete 
which is now extensively employed 
in building operations. Within the 
city limits are beds of clay, which 
yields a fine yellow brick. As Min- 
neapolis is the leading "sawmill 
city" in the world there is no lack 
of lumber. Handsome limestones 
are brought from Kasota and Man- 
kato, granite from St. Cloud, 
sandstone from Kettle river, and 
fine brown stones from the shores 
of Lake Superior; all these points 
being within easy shipping dis- 
tance. Pressed brick comes from 
nearby points, and builders hard- 
ware — such as is not manufac- 
tured in the city — from the east- 
ern and southern markets. (See 
Lumber and Saw Mills.) 

Building" Permits. — Amounted to 
$11,873,940 in 1908. 

The permits for several years 
past were as follows: 

Total. 

1900 $4,490,022 

1901 6,766,303 

1902 7,087,053 

1903...- 7,732,799 

1904 7,820,040 

1905 10,364,240 

1906 11,120,047 

1907 11,721,150 

1908 11,873,940 

Building Restrictions. — The city 
of Minneapolis exercises a careful 
supervision over all buildings erect- 
ed within her limits. An elaborate 
building ordinance places the con- 
trol of the matter in the hands 
of a building inspector who has 



assistants especially qualified to 
examine carpenter work, mason 
work, iron work, elevator installa- 
tions, plumbing and electric wir- 
ing-. The ordinance specifies the 
requirements for many details of 
building. Before a building is 
erected or any material alterations 
or repairs are made, a permit must 
be obtained from the building in- 
spector at his office in the city hall. 
Among other interesting provi- 
sions are these: 

"Every building hereafter erect- 
ed or altered to be used as a hotel, 
lodging house, school-house or 
public hall shall be of fire-proof 
construction, if such building is 
more than three (3) stories in 
height. 

"The walls of every building 
hereafter erected or enlarged, 
within the fire limits of the City 
of Minneapolis shall be built of 
brick, stone or iron or other in- ' 
combustible material. (See Fire 
Limits.) 

"It shall be unlawful to repair 
any frame building, within the fire 
limits of the City of Minneapolis, 
when such building shall have 
been damaged by the elements or 
decay to the extent of 50 per cent 
of the value of such building. 

"Any person having the use of 
any portion of the street or side- 
walk, for the purpose of erecting 
or repairing any building, or for 
any other purpose, shall cause red 
lights to be placed in a conspic- 
uous place in front of such ob- 
struction each night. 

"A sidewalk or passageway, at 
least four feet wide, shall be kept 
in front of any building during the 
process of its construction." 

There are very careful provi- 
sions for the arrangement of thea- 
tres and public halls. 

All freight and passenger eleva- 
tors are inspected by this depart- 
ment four times a year, and the 
ordinance requires that all eleva- 
tors be supplied with the most 
approved safety devices far the 



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protection of the public. The 
plumbing and gas fitting ordinance 
is up to date and requires the 
best sanitary work obtainable. 

The electrical ordinance is in ac- 
cord with the rules of the Nation- 
al Underwriters' code but thor- 
oughly adapted to the existing 
local conditions, and is acknowl- 
edged to be the best electrical or- 
dinance in force in any city in the 
United States. 

Building's, The Prominent. — The 

following list includes the more 
conspicuous or important build- 
ings of the city with their use and 
location. Those of special inter- 
est are described elsewhere under 
appropriate headings. 

Andrus Building. — Ten stories, 
offices; Cor. Nicollet Av. and 5th St. 

Arcade Building. — Three stories, 
offices; 114-16 S. 4th St. 

Armory. — National guard; Ken- 
wood Parkway near Lyndale. 

Auditorium. — Eleventh St. bet. 
Nicollet and 1st Av. S. 

Bank of Commerce Building. — 
Six stories, offices; Cor. 1st Av. S. 
and 4th St. 

Bank of Minneapolis Building. 
— Seven stories, offices; Cor. Nicol- 
let Av. and 3rd St. 

Bijou Opera House. — N. Wash- 
ington Av. bet. Hennepin and 1st 
Av. N. 

Boston Block. — Seven stories, 
offices; Cor. Hennepin Av. and 3d 
St. 

Century Building. — Five stories, 
offices; Cor. 1st Av. S. and 4th St. 

Chamber of Commerce. — Ten 
stories; Cor. 4th Av. S. and 4th St. 

Chute Building. — Four stories, 
offices; Central Av. bet. Univ. and 
4th St. 

Commercial Building. — Five 
stories, offices; Cor. 3rd St. and 1st 
Av. N. 

Corn Exchange. — Seven stories; 
offices; Cor. 4th Av. S. and 3rd St. 

Court House and City Hall. — - 
Five stories. Occupies the block 
bounded by 3rd and 4th Aves. S. 
and 4th and 5th Sts. 

Dayton Building.— Six stories, 



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department store; Cor. Nic. Av. 
and 7th St. 

Donaldson Building. — • Ten 
stories, offices; Cor. Nicollet Av. 
and 7th St. 

Dyckman. — (Hotel) Eight sto- 
ries. Sixth St. bet. Nicollet and 
Hennepin. 

Edison Building. — Eleven sto- 
ries; printing - , etc., 417 Henn. Av. 

Evanston Building. — Four sto- 
ries; stores and offices; Cor. 2nd 
Av. S. and 6th St. 

Farmers and Mechanics Bank. — 
4th St. bet. 1st and 2nd Aves. S. 

First National Bank Building. 
— Two stories; banking, 1st Av. S. 
and 5th St. 

Flour Exchange. — Three sto- 
ries; offices; Cor. 4th Av. S. and 
3rd St. 

Globe Building. — Eight stories, 
offices; 16 and 18 4th St. S. 

Holmes Hotel. — Six stories, 
Hennepin Av. bet. 8th and 9th Sts. 

Journal Building. — Four sto- 
ries; publishing; 47-49 S. 4th St. 

Kasota Building. — Six stories, 
offices; Cor. Hennepin Av. and 4th 
St. 

Loan and Trust (Minnesota). — 
Seven stories, offices; 311-313 Nic- 
ollet Av. 

Lumber Exchange. — Twelve sto- 
ries, offices; Cor. Hennepin Av. and 
5th St. 

Masonic Temple. — Eight stories, 
offices; Cor. Hennepin Av. and 6th 

st 

Medical Building. — Six stories, 
offices; Nicollet Av. bet. 6th and 
7th Sts. 

Metropolitan Music Building. — 
Five stories, stores and musital 
studios. 41-43 S. Gth St. 

Metropolitan Life Building 
(formerly Guaranty Bldg.). — 
Twelve stories, offices; Cor. 2nd 
Av. S. and 3rd St. 

Metropolitan Opera House. — 1st 
Av. S. bet. 3rd and 4th St. 

Minneapolis Club (new). — Cor. 
8th St. and 2nd Av. S. 
. New York Life Building. — 
Eleven stories, offices; Cor. 2nd 
Av. S. and 5th St. 

Nicollet House. — Five stories, 
Cor. Washington, Hennepin and 
Nicollet Aves. 



Northwestern Building. — Nine 
stories, offices; 322-324 Hennepin 
Av. 

Northwestern Miller Building. 
—Publishing; 118 S. 6th St. 

Northwestern National Bank. 
—1st Av. S. bet. 4th and 5th Sts. 

Oneida Building. — Six stories, 
offices; C®r. 1st Av. S. and 4th St. 

Oepheum Theater. — 7th St. bet. 
Nicollet and Hennepin Aves. 

Palace Building. — Eight stories, 
offices; Cor. Nic. Av. and 4th St. 

Phoenix Building. — Nine sto- 
ries, offices; Cor. 4th St. and 1st 
Av. S. 

Pillsbury Building. — Eight sto- 
ries, offices; Cor. Nicollet Av. and 
6th St. 

Post Office. — Cor. 1st Av. S. and 
3rd St. 

Public Library. — Three stories; 
Cor. Hennepin Av. and 10th St. 

Radisson Hotel. — Twelve sto- 
ries. Seventh St. near Nicollet 
Av. 

Railway Building. — Four sto- 
ries, offices; Cor. Nicollet Av. and 
3rd St. 

Security Bank Building. — Ten 
stories, offices; Cor. 4th St. and 2nd' 
Av. S. 

Soo Line Building. — Eight sto- 
ries, offices; 2nd Av. S. bet. 3rd 
and 4th Sts. 

Sykes Block. — Eight stories, of- 
fices; 254 and 256 Hennepin Av. 

Syndicate Block. — Six stories, 
stores and offices; Nicollet Av. bet. 
5th and 6th Sts. 

Temple Court. — Eight stories, 
offices; Cor. Washington and Hen- 
nepin Aves. 

Tribune Building. — Five stories, 
publishing; 63 S. 4th St. 

Vanderburgh Building. — F our 
stories, offices; Cor. 4th St. and 
Hennepin Av. 

West Hotel. — Eight stories; 
Cor. Hennepin Av. and 5th St. 

Y. M. C. A. — Five stories; 10th 
St. and Mary Place. 

Y. W. C. A. — Four stories; 87 S. 
7th St. 

(See Churches, Schools, Univer- 
sity,, etc.) 

Burnham Wood. — A beautiful 
grove of 25 acres on the east shore 



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on application. 

Eogene M. Stevens & Co. 

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Farmers & Mechanics 
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of Cedar Lake, recently opened for 
residence purposes. The proposed 
park boulevard around Cedar Lake 
will go through this tract, as will 
also the waterway connecting- 
Cedar Lake with Lake of the Isles. 
Kenwood & 8th St. S. E. electric 
line. 

Business Organizations. — (See 
Commercial Club, Chamber of 
Commerce, Produce Exchange.) 

Business Colleges.- — There are 
eight business colleges or schools 
in the city. They have a large 
number of students in attendance. 

American Business College. — 
Cor. Lake St. and Chicago Av. 

Caton Business College. — 3rd 
St. and 2nd Av. S. 

Curtiss Business College. — 124 
S. 6th St. 

Gregg Shorthand School. — 809 
Northwestern Bldg. 

Minneapolis Business College. 
— 309 Central Av. 

Minnesota School of Business. 
—54 S. 3rd St. 

Munson Shorthand Institute. — 
Metropolitan Life Bldg., formerly 
the Guaranty Bldg. 

National Business College. — 
619-25 1st Av. S. 

Cab Pares. (See Hack Fares.) 

Canal. — The name commonly 
used for designating the race 
which conducts the water of the 
Mississippi to the mills upon the 
west bank at the falls. 

Carriages. (See Hack Fares and 
Livery.) 

Caterers. — The requirements of 
social gastronomy are ably filled 
by skillful caterers who supply 
everything requisite for a simple 
serving of ices or a banquet of 
many courses. Leading caterers 
are: Dorner, 315 1st Av. S.; Dor- 
sett. 51 S. 8th St., and Maas, 928- 
30 Hennepin Av. 

Cathedral, Catholic. — The Catho- 
lic church of Minneapolis has un- 



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der construction a magnificent 
Pro-Cathedral building at the cor- 
ner of Hennepin Av. and Erie Av. 
and 17th St. The cost is to be up- 
wards of a million dollars. 

Catholic Churches. — In 1849 the 
first Catholic church building in 
this city was commenced. A list 
of the present edifices of the de- 
nomination follows: 

Church of the Ascension. — Cor. 
Bryant and 18th Av. N. 

Church of the Holy Cross (Pol- 
ish).— Cor. 17th Av. N. E. and 4y 2 
St. 

Holy Rosary. — Cor. ISth Av. S. 
and 24th St. 

Immaculate Conception. — Cor. 
3rd Av. N. and 3rd St. 

Notre Dame de Lourdes. — Prince 
St., E. D., near Central Av. 

Our Lady of Perpetual Help. — 
Cor. 21st Av. S. and 5th St. 

St. Anne's (French). — Lyndale 
and 11th Avs. N. 

St. Anthony of Padua. — Main 
St. bet. 8th and 9th Aves. N'. E. 

St. Boniface (German). — Cor. 
7th Av. N. E. and 2nd St. 

St. Charles. — Cor. 4th St. and 
13th Av. S. 

St. Clements. — Cor. Quincy St. 
and 25th Av. N. E. 

St. Cyril. — Cor. Main St. and 
16th Av. N. E. 

St. Elizabeth (German). — Cor. 
15th Av. S. and 8th St. 

St. Francis. — Camden Place. 

St. Joseph's. — N. 4th St. bet. 
11th and 12th Aves. 

St. Lawrence.— Cor. 12th Av. S. 
E. and 7th St. 

St. Stephen's. — Cor. Clinton Av. 
and E. 22nd St. 

St. Thomas. — Linden Hills. 

Catholic Orphan Asylum. — At 

Chicago Av. and 4Sth St. The 
building' is of brick, commodious 
and well adapted to the purpose. 

Cedar Lake, — The most norther- 
ly of the four large lakes in the 
southwestern part of the city. It 



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lies west of Kenwood and may be 
reached by the Kenwood & 8th St. 
S. E. electric cars or over Kenwood 
Boul. Cedar Lake is the most ir- 
regular in outline and by many 
persons thought the prettiest of 
the four lakes. 

Cemeteries. — The following list 
comprises the cemeteries of the 
city: 

Crystal Lake. — Cor. Humboldt 
Av. and 38th Av. N, ; office at 
cemetery. 

Hillside. — 19th Av. N. E. and 
N. P. Ry. ; office at cemetery. 

Lakewood. — Cor. 36th St. and 
Hennepin Av.; office, 720 Metro- 
politan Life Bldg. 

Layman's. — Cor. Cedar Av. and 
Lake St. 

Montefioee (Hebrew). — Cor. 3rd 
Av. S. and 42nd St. 

St. Anthony. — Cor. Central and 
28th Av. N. E. 

St. Mary's. — Cor. Chicago Av. 
and 46th St. 

Chamber of Commerce. — From 
its organization in 1881, the Min- 
neapolis Chamber of Commerce 
has grown steadily. It now ranks 
with the leading commercial or- 
ganizations of the world. As the 
representative of the largest pri- 
mary wheat market in the world 
it holds a unique position among 
similar bodies. In 1884 the Cham- 
ber of Commerce completed a 
building at a cost of $180,000, and 
representing with the site a value 
of $240,000. In 1900 a larger 
building was found indispensable 
and the magnificent ten story 
structure finished in 1903 at a cost 
of over $600,000 was planned. It 
stands at the corner of 4th St. and 
4th Av. S., adjoining the old build- 
ing. Its ground dimensions are 
132x157 feet. "With the exception 
of the large board room, 75 by 130 
feet in size, the entire building is 
planned for offices and is the home 
of the largest grain an<3 flour busi- 



ness carried on at any one point in 
the world. 

The membership is limited to 
550 and new members are taken 
only on transfer of certificate. An 
enormous business is transacted 
annually on the floor of the Cham- 
ber of Commerce. From 9:30 to 
1:15 o'clock each business day the 
Exchange room is crowded with 
busy commission merchants whose 
tables are covered with grain 
samples, millers watching the quo- 
tations as they are posted on huge 
blackboards as fast as received by 
telegraph, and brokers watching 
the market as they buy or sell (ac- 
cording as they have orders) for 
future delivery. A gallery is at 
all times open to visitors and in- 
troduction "on 'change" may be 
secured through members H. F. 
Douglas is president; G. F. Ewe, 
first vice president, and J. R. Mar- 
field, second vice president. John 
G. McHugh, secretary of the 
Chamber of Commerce, prepares 
annually reports of the grain and 
flour trade of the city. Acknowl- 
edgment is due him for the use of 
certain statistics of this nature 
which will be found under appro- 
priate headings. (See Commerce, 
Grain Trade, Flour Milling, etc.) 

Charitable Organizations. — (See 
Benevolent Societies and Institu- 
tions, Hospitals and Dispensaries 
and Associated Charities.) 

Charities and Corrections. — The 

Board of Charities and Corrections 
is charged with the relief of the 
poor and the care and manage- 
ment of the city hospital and the 
work house. The office of the 
board and of the superintendent 
of the poor is in the city hall, 
where applications for relief are 
considered. The city hospital is 
at 5th St. and 8th Av. S. Appli- 
cation for admission should be 
made to the superintendent. (See 
City Officials, Workhouse and 
Associated Charities.) 



Charter. — St. Anthony was in- 
corporated as a city March 3, 
1855; Minneapolis as a town, 
March 1, 1856, and as a city Feb. 
6, 1867. The two cities were con- 
solidated Feb. 28, 1872. The rapid 
growth of the city made amend- 
ments more than usually numer- 
ous, and in 1881 the legislature 
passed a new act consolidating* all 
previous enactments into what 
was practically a new city charter, 
so little did it resemble the act 
of 1872. Under a more recent act 
and constitutional amendment a 
charter was formulated on a 
"home rule" basis and submitted 
to the vote of the people in 1898, 
but failed to be adopted. Other 
charters were formulated and 
submitted at the elections of 1900, 
1904 and 1906, but in each case 
failed of adoption. (See Govern- 
ment.) 

Chimes. — A beautiful chime of 
bells hangs in the tower of the 
Church of the Redeemer (Univer- 
salist) at 2nd Av. S. and Sth St., 
and familiar tunes are played 
every Sunday before the morning 
and evening services. The belfry 
of the court house and city hall is 
. equipped with an even finer chime 
of bells which is played on pub- 
lic holidays and special occasions. 

Christian Science Churches. — 

(See Scientist Churches.) 

Churches. — It is estimated that 
the seating capacity of Minneap- 
olis churches is so large that the 
entire adult population of the city 
could attend church every Sunday, 
provided one half was present at 
the morning service and the other 
half in the evening, and this with- 
out more serious crowding than is 
experienced without complaint at 
some of the more popular churches 
each Sunday in the year. There 
are nearly 200 church buildings, 
including missions and chapels. 
The strongest denominations 



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numerically are the Baptist, Cath- 
olic, Congregational, Episcopal, 
Lutheran, Methodist and Presby- 
terian. There are comparatively 
few organized churches which are 
not self-supporting, and a con- 
siderable number rank among the 
wealthiest and most liberally be- 
nevolent of their denominations in 
the United States. The larger 
churches are naturally in the cen- 
tral part of the city, there being 
one or more of each leading de- 
nomination within a few blocks of 
the principal hotels. Morning serv- 
ices in most churches commence 
at 10:30, and evening services at 
7:45 in summer and 7:30 in win- 
ter. In the larger churches the 
pews are nearly always rented, 
but strangers are made welcome 
and accommodated with sittings. 
The more prominent churches are 
described elsewhere under their 
own names. A list of churches 
of each denomination will be 
found under the appropriate head- 
ing except where the number 1 is 
small, in which case they are 
classed under Churches, Miscel- 
laneous. These lists include near- 
ly 200 names of churches and rep- 
resent a membership of about 75,- 
000. 

Churches, Miscellaneous. — The 

following list comprises the 
churches of such denominations 
as have only a few organizations 
in the city: 

First Advent Christian. — Fre- 
mont and 24th Av. N. 

First Free Baptist. — Cor. Nicol- 
let Av. and W. 15th St. 

First Society of Friends. — Cor. 
1st Av. S. and 14th St. 

First Unitarian. — Cor. S. 8th St. 
and Mary Place. 

Swedish Free Mission. — Cor. 
16th Av. S. and 8th St. 

Nazareth Free Christian (Uni- 
tarian). — Cor. 12th Av. S. and 9th 
St. 

Peoples. — Unique Theater. 

Russian Orthodox Catholic. — 
Cor. 17th Av. N. E. and 5th St. 



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St. James African Methodist. — 
315 8th Av. S. 

St. Mary's Greek Catholic— 
Prospect St. and Washington Av. 
S. E. 

St. Peters African Methodist. 
—912-914 E. 22nd St. 

Seventh Day Adventist. — Cor. 
4th Av. S. and Lake St. 

Seventh Day Adventist (Scan- 
dinavian). — 2214 S. 6th St. 

Swedish Temple. — Cor. 10th Av. 
S. and 7th St. 

United Brethren. — 638 Fillmore 
St. N. E. 

Church Music. — In the leading 
churches of the city the music is 
furnished or led by paid choirs 
usually consisting of a single 
quartet. Westminster Presbyter- 
ian, 12th and Nicollet; Church of 
the Redeemer, (Universalist) 8th 
St. and 2nd Av. S.; and the First 
Congregational, 8th Av. S. E. and 
5th St., have fine quartets. The 
finest organs are in the Plymouth, 
First Baptist, (10th St. and Har- 
mon* Place), Church of the Re- 
deemer, Westminster, and the 
First Congregational churches. 
Chorus choirs are found in most 
of the other churches. Geth- 
semane Episcopal church, 9th St. 
and 4th Av. S., and St. Mark's 
Episcopal, maintain surpliced 
choirs of boys and men. Elabo- 
rate music is rendered in the prin- 
cipal churches at the Christmas 
season and on Easter Sunday. 

Church of the Redeemer. — One 

©f the most prominent churches in 
Minneapolis and the Northwest is 
the First Universalist, or as it is 
better known, the Church of the 
Redeemer. Its building stands at 
the corner of 2nd Av. S. and 8th 
St. Th® First Universalist society 
was organized in 1859 and in 1866, 
completed a church building at 4th 
Av. S. and 5th St. Ten years later 
a church was dedicated on the 
present site and given its present 
name. It cost about $90,000. In 
January, 1888, this building was 



burned. The present structure 
was dedicated on November 24, 
1889. In 1903, an extension was 
built on the 2nd Av. side which 
added three rooms, one for the 
women, another for the young 
people, and a printing office for 
the boys. It is built of blue lime- 
stone in gothic style. The general 
effect of the interior is of subdued 
colors, softened by mellow light 
from the stained windows. The 
woodwork is all of black walnut 
and the timber work of the roof 
is left exposed* dividing the ceil- 
ing into panels and producing an 
imposing effect. There are gal- 
leries at the front and the rear, 
but none on the side of the church 
where two exceedingly beautiful 
transept windows are the chief or- 
naments. The various panels of 
these windows are memorials 
placed there by members of the 
church and are claimed to be as 
fine as anything of the kind in the 
country. The church is fitted with 
a three-manual organ costing $11,- 
000 and a tuneful chime of bells 
which is played before each serv- 
ice on Sunday. The membership 
includes an exceptionally large 
proportion of wealthy and promi- 
nent citizens of Minneapolis. Rev. 
M. D. Shutter, D. D.. is pastor. 

City Hall. — (See Court House 
and City Hall.) 

City Library. (See Public Li- 
brary. ) 

City Missions. — Mission rooms 
for the holding of "Gospel Serv- 
ices" are maintained by several 
churches along Washington Av. 
and in churchless localities else- 
where in the city. The audiences 
are generally rough and illiterate 
but attentive to the services. (See 
Union City Mission.) 

City Officials. — A roster of the 
city officials for the years 1909 
and 1910 follows: 

Mayor, J. C. Haynes; comptrol- 
ler, Dan C. Brown; treasurer, C. 



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A. Bloomquist; president city 
council, J. H. Van Nest; clerk, 
Henry N. Knott; attorney, Frank 
Healy; superintendent of police, 
Frank T. Corriston; chief of fire 
department, J. R. Canterbury; en- 
gineer, Andrew Rinker; assessor, 
G. L. Fort; commissioner of 
health, Dr. P. M. Hall; city phy- 
sician, Dr. A. E. Wilcox; super- 
intendent of the poor, R. Tatters- 
field; building- inspector, Jas. G. 
Houghton; inspector of meats 
and provisions, C. A. Tillbury; 
registrar of water works depart- 
ment, W. R. Young; supervisor 
of water works, J. H. McConnell; 
inspector of gas, A. D. Meeds; 
sealer of weights and measures, 
E. O. Sather. 

Municipal Judges, E. F. Waite, 

C. L. Smith, W. C. Deary. 

City Council. — President J. H. 
Van Nest; aldermen, 1st ward, M. 
A. Gerber, John Ryan; 2nd ward. 
Ed Conroy, E. W. Hawley; 3rd 
ward, Geo. V. B. Hill, E. J. Swee- 
ney; 4th ward, Karl DeLaittre, C. 
ney; 4th ward, A. E. Merrill, C. 

D. Gould; 5th ward, Wendell Her- 
tig, A. W. Selover; 6th ward, Lars 
M. Rand, John Peterson; 7th 
ward, T. O. Dahl, G. B. Esterman; 
8th ward, E. W. Clark, Piatt' B. 
Walker, Jr.; 9th ward, Peter Mc- 
Coy, C. J. Johnson; 10th ward, 
Jas. Dwyer, A. D. Hoar; 11th 
ward, J. D. Williams, A. P. Ort- 
quist; 12th ward, Martin F. Mc- 
Hale, D. C. Bow; 13th ward, J. H. 
Van Nest, A. M. Goodrich. 

Park Commissioners.— P resi- 
dent, Wilbur F. Decker; vice pres- 
ident, E. J. Phelps; secretary, J. 
A. Ridgway; treasurer, C. A. 
Bloomquist, ex-officio; attorney, 
Chelsea J. Rockwood; superinten- 
dent, Theodore Wirth; Frank H. 
Nutter, Jr., engineer; P. D. Bou- 
tell, Jesse E. Northrup, Fred W. 
Nye, . Thos. Voegeli, J. W. Allan, 
W. F. Decker, Chas. O. Johnson, 

E. J. Phelps, Chas. A. Nimocks, 
Wm. McMillan, C. F. E. Peterson, 
Milton O. Nelson. 

Ex-officio members, Jas. C. 
Haynes, mayor, D. C. Bow, chair- 
man council committee on roads 
and bridges, E. W. Hawley, 
chairman council committee on 
public grounds and buildings. 

Office of board in the city hall. 

Board of Education.— President, 



Geo. H. Elwell; secretary, W. G. 
Nye; treasurer, C. A. Bloomquist; 
clerk, H. B. Marchbank; foreman 
of buildings, W. H. Adams. 

Supt. of schools. Chas. M. Jor- 
dan; members, John H. Steele, 
Fred B. Chute, Clifford W. Thomp- 
son, Geo. H. Elwell. Horace N. 
Leighton, W. G. Nye, M. Falk 
Gjertsen. 

Office of the board and superin- 
tendent of schools at the new city 
hall. 

Library Directors.— President, T. 

B. Walker; secretary, Lettie M. 
Crafts. Members, Edward C. Gale, 
Jacob Stone, Frank H. Carleton, 
"Lettie M. Crafts, T. B. Walker, 
Henry Deutsch. Ex-officio, Jas. 

C. Haynes, mayor, Geo. H. Elwell, 
president of the board of educa- 
tion; Cyrus Northrop, president of 
University of Minnesota. 

Board of Charities and Correc- 
tions. — President, Mayor J. C. 
Haynes; secretary, Richard Tat- 
tersfield; members, Fred R. Salis- 
bury, Jos. Chapman, Jr., Dr. Ar- 
ena E. Wilcox, J. D. Holtzerman. 
dan; members, John H. Steele, W. 

(See Government, Public Schools, 
etc.) 

Civic Center. — The agitation of 
the subject of "civic centers" and 
the general improvement and beau- 
tification of cities has awakened 
some of the people of Minneapolis 
to the importance of taking imme- 
diate steps towards the develop- 
ment of a civic center in this city. 
Though laid out in pioneer days 
without much thought of the fu- 
ture beauty of the city, Minneapo- 
lis is extremely fortunate in hav- 
ing (through the general natural 
geographical arrangement of her 
streets) a logical civic center in 
the rough. 

This natural civic center is at 
Bridge Square. The Union Pas- 
senger Station makes this the 
principal entrance to the city and 
from this point the two main thor- 
oughfares of the West Side — Hen- 
nepin and Nicollet Avenues — di- 
verge towards the southwest and 
the main avenue of the East Side 
— Central Avenue — leads directly 



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across the river to East Minneap- 
olis. When it is considered that 
some cities are spending millions 
of dollars to open converging- ave- 
nues to common centers at their 
city entrances, Minneapolis may 
well congratulate herself on her 
natural advantages. 

Tentative plans for the improve- 
ment of the blocks bounding Hen- 
nepin and Nicollet avenues from 
the river to Washington Av. have 
been prepared and a new Union 
Station is promised by the railroad 
management. The block bounded 
by Hennepin, Nicollet, Washing- 
ton and Second St., has been 
designated as park property as a 
beginning. 

Civic Improvement League. — 

An organization of women and 
men with the purpose of improv- 
ing the conditions of city life. 
Such work as the beautifying of 
the city, the encouragement of 
nome gardens, and the mainte- 
nance of public playgrounds is car- 
ried on with much success. The 
work is practical and deserving of 
generous support. The league was 
organized in 1892. Mrs. A. W. 
Rankin, 916 S. E. 5th St. is presi- 
dent; Mrs. Geo. H. Richards, 2639 
Harriet Av., is secretary. 

Clearing 1 House. — The office of 
the Minneapolis Clearing House 
association is in the Security Bank 
Bldg., Cor. 2nd Av. S. and 4th St. 
Its functions are, as is ordinarily 
the case, simply the daily adjust- 
ment of the accounts between the 
various city banks, but its reports 
are an incontestable indication of 
the volume of business. Follow- 
ing are the clearings for 1885, 
1890, 1895, and the years since: 

1885 $125,477,478 

1890 303,913,022 

1895 372,895,344 

1896 392,965,673 

1897 414,597,614 

1898 460,222,572 

1899 539,705,249 

1900 579,994,076 



1901 626,020,457 

1902 720,752,331 

1903 i 741,049,348 

1904 843,230,773 

1905 913,579,558 

1906 990,890,203 

1907 1,145,462,149 

1908 1,057,468,860 

In total volume of clearings 
Minneapolis outranks a number of 
places of much larger population, 
such as Buffalo, Milwaukee and 
Cleveland. (See Banks.) 

Climate. — The city and state en- 
joy a generally dry atmosphere in 
the winters, which are usually uni- 
formly cold with light snow fall. 
In spring, summer and fall there 
are usually copious rains, but 
nothing approximating the wet 
seasons of the Pacific coast. The 
average temperature of the winter 
months is 44.60 degrees; of the 
summer 70.50 degrees. Snow cov- 
ers the ground continuously dur- 
ing three winters out of four, dis- 
appearing early in March; and in 
this month farmers usually sow 
their wheat. Spring is about as 
forward as in central New York. 
The autumns are long and delight- 
ful, it frequently happening that 
there is no snow or settled cold 
weather till the middle of Decem- 
ber. As a whole the climate is un- 
deniably salubrious and healthful 
and especially beneficial to those 
afflicted with diseases of the lungs. 
Many of the hearty, hale, success- 
ful business men of Minneapolis 
originally came here with little 
prospect of more than a short term 
of life. 

Clubs. — The Minneapolis, the 
Commercial and the Publicity 
clubs are the leading men's clubs 
of the city. (See under respective 
headings.) Of women's clubs 
there are several hundred in the 
city. (See Women's Organiza- 
tions. ) In the various professions 
and lines of business, sports, so- 
ciety, etc., there are clubs without 
number. To enumerate them all is 



quite beyond the capacity of this 
work, but the leading organiza- 
tions are mentioned below. Most 
of them are referred to at more 
length under their respective 
names. 

Apollo Club. — Lyric Theater 
Bldg. 

Architectural Club. — 32 Arcade 
Bldg. 

Automobile Club. — Office Plaza 
Hotel. 

Bryn Mawe Golf Club. — Bryn 
Mawr. Golf. 

Calhoun Yacht Club. — Lake 
Calhoun. 

Commercial Club. — Andrus Bldg. 
(Radisson Hotel, after Sept. 1, 
1909). Men's. Commercial and 
social. 

Elks Club. — Elks Bldg., Cor. 
Hennepin Av. and 6th St. 

Engineers Club of Minneapolis. 

17 S. 6th St. 

Hennepin County Medical So- 
ciety. — 1114 Donaldson Bldg. 

^Lafayette Club. — Lake Minne- 
tonka. Social. 

Long Meadow Gun Club. — Long 
Meadow on Minnesota river. Meets 
207 Phoenix Bldg. 

Minikahda Club. — West shore 
Lake Calhoun. Social and ath- 
letic. 

Minneapolis Choral Club. — 
Charles L. Trabert, Pres., 410 
Andrus Bldg. 

Minneapolis Club. — 2d Av. S. 
and 8th St. Men's. Social. 

Minneapolis Chess Club. — 516 
Boston Blk. 

Minneapolis Gun Club. — Inter- 
City Shooting Park; Como and 27th 
Aves. S. E. 

Minneapolis Medical Club. — 
Court House. 

Minneapolis Whist and Chess 
Club. — Eastman Blk., 412 Nicollet 
Av. 

Minnetonka Yacht Club. — Lake 
Minnetonka. 

North Side Commercial Club. — 
Secretary's office, 1311 N. Wash- 
ington Av. 

Odin Club. — Evanston Bldg., 6th 
St. and 2nd Av. S, Scandinavian. 
Social. 



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Philharmonic Club. — 41-43 S. 
6th St. Musical. 

Phoenix Club. — Jewish. Social. 

Publicity Club. — Secretary's 
office, New England Bldg. 

Roosevelt Club. — Hennepin and 
7th. 

St. Anthony Commercial Club. 
— Chute Blk., Central Av. bet. Uni- 
versity and 4th St. S. E. 

South Side Commercial Club. 
— 329 Cedar Av. 

Teachers' Club. — Offices Y. W. 
C. A. Bldg. 

Thursday Musical. — Metropol- 
itan Music Co. Bldg., 41-43 S. 6th 
St. Musical. 

West Side Commercial Club. — 
31st St. and 1st Av. S. 

(See Women's Organizations and 
Musical Societies.) 



Coal. (See Fuel.) 

Colleg-es. — In addition to the va- 
rious colleges of the University of 
Minnesota (which see), there are 
several educational institutions in 
the vicinity of Minneapolis which 
are doing college work. All are 
denominational in management. 
The leading institutions of this 
order are: 

Augsburg Seminary. — 21st Av. 
S: and 7th St. 

Carleton College. — Situated at 
Nbrthfield, about .40 miles from 
Minneapolis. Congregational. 

Hamline University. — At Ham- 
line, midway bet. the two cities. 
Methodist. 

MACALESTER COLLEGE. At MaC- 

alester, a suburb bet. Minneapolis 
and St. Paul. Presbyterian. 
(See Private Schools.) 

Commerce. — With the rapid de- 
velopment of her tributary coun- 
try, the commerce of Minneapolis 
has made remarkable advances. 
The city is the natural market for 
the products of three states; she 
has abundant facilities for manu- 
facturing; she is the natural dis- 
tributing center for an enormous 
area. Given these conditions and 



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a due amount of business enter- 
prise and energy and the present 
extent of her commerce was the 
natural result. Ten great railroad 
systems center here. (See Rail- 
roads.) The Mississippi river 
brings to the city millions of feet 
of pine logs annually and with a 
comparatively small outlay for im- 
provements will shortly be open 
for steamboats from the Falls of 
St. Anthony to the Gulf. During 
seven months of the year the great 
lakes are an important factor in 
the commerce of the city. The low 
rates of this water line serve to 
prevent excessive charges on all 
rail routes from the east. The 
building of the Minneapolis, St. 
Paul & Sault Ste. Marie railroad 
was another safe-guard against 
combinations of an unfavorable 
character. This route, locally 
known as the "Soo," forms, in con- 
nection with the Canadian Pacific, 
a short line to tide water at Mon- 
treal and a direct route to Port- 
land and Boston. Its efficiency as 
a safety valve in railroad prob- 
lems, always complicated by the 
jealous influence of Chicago, is ob- 
vious. The principal articles re- 
ceived in Minneapolis are wheat 
and other grains, general merchan- 
dise, coal, building stone and ma- 
chinery; the larger items of ship- 
ment are flour, lumber, machinery 
and general merchandise. The ag- 
gregate amount of receipts and 
shipments last year of the leading 
articles of commerce will serve to 
convey an idea of the magnitude 
of the commercial transactions of 
Minneapolis. 

Receipts. Shipments. 
Wheat, cars 83,611 19,142 

Flour, bbls. 272,284 14,062,655 
Mdse, lbs.. .416,660,066 810,893,278 
Mach., cars 6,057 4,770 

Lbr., cars.. 8,842 9,675 

Sunds., cars 18,598 11,015 

Fruit, cars. . .8,0.86 2,532 



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Coal, tons.. 905,091 21,041 

Linseed oil, 

cars 39 3,164 

Oil cake . . . 

tons 50 128,528 

Car lots.... 281,375 269,845 

(See Grain Trade, Jobbing Trade, 
Manufactures, Elevators, etc.) 

Commercial Club. — The Commer- 
cial Club of Minneapolis is an or- 
ganization of business and profes- 
sional men having as its object 
"the social and literary culture of 
its members and the promotion of 
the welfare of the city of Minne- 
apolis." The first of these purpos- 
es is attained through the main- 
tenance of well appointed club 
rooms and all the concomitants of 
a first-class club. And it is be- 
lieved that the second purpose — 
the promotion of the welfare of 
Minneapolis — is to be best real- 
ized through the success of the 
first; in other words that a strong 
club of active loyal men who know 
each other well and can work to- 
gether for any purpose is one of 
the best possible factors in the 
prosperity of the city. It is the 
aim of the club to maintain a 
strong and successful organiza- 
tion, keeping its rooms and ap- 
pointments up to a high standard, 
and to take such part in public af- 
fairs as may seem desirable, us- 
ing its influence in a conservative 
but, when necessary, powerful 
way. 

The club is managed by a board 
of twenty directors, a house com- 
mittee and the usual officers, while 
public matters are considered by a 
committee on public affairs. The 
club was organized in 1893 and re- 
organized in 1899. It now has 
1,100 resident members, about 175 
non-resident and a very large wait- 
ing- list, and is in a very flourish- 
ing condition. The annual dues 
are $25 and the initiation fee $50. 
Any man of good standing is eligi- 
ble but must be proposed by two 
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posal duly considered by the prop- 
er committee. 

Since 1900 the Commercial 
Club has occupied rooms on the 
ninth floor of the Andrus Bldg\, 
at 5th and Nicollet, where it has 
every club convenience and neces- 
sity — parlors, dining - rooms, kitch- 
en, billiard rooms, card rooms, 
an assembly hall, reading- and 
smoking" rooms, chess rooms, la- 
dies' parlors and private dining- 
rooms, lavatories — : in fact every- 
thing incident to the comfort and 
convenience of members. 

On September 1st, 1909, the 
club will move to the eleventh 
and twelfth floors of the new 
Radisson Hotel on Seventh St., 
near Nicollet where it will have 
much larger and more complete 
quarters. 

The officers of the club for the 
current year are: 

President, B. F. Nelson; first vice 
president, H. A. Tuttle; second 
vice president, J. S. Mitchell; 
treasurer, F. E. Holton; secre- 
tary, E. J. Westlake. Directors : 
Charles W Gardner, Walter Greg- 
ory, Frank E Holton, W. F. Mc- 
Lane, H. A. Tuttle, Robert Jami- 
son, Will S. Jones, Fred L. Me- 
Clellan, John S. Mitchell, B. F. 
Nelson, F. R. Salisbury, W. W. 
Heffelfinger, W. O. Timerman, H. 
J. Clark, A. E. Zonne, E. A. Force, 
E. E. Atkinson, S. H. Bezoir, E. J. 
Stilwell. 

The Committee on Public Af- 
fairs is composed of F. R. Salis- 
bury, chairman; A. E. Zonne, vice 
chairman; A. A. Crane, treasurer; 
W. G. Nye, commissioner, J. S. 
Mitchell, J. D. Shearer, W. A. 
Eggleston, Frank J. Meyst, Dr. 
W. H. Condit, G. D. Mekeel, Wm. 
P. Roberts, E. E. Atkinson, H. E. 
White, E. J. Couper, G. A. Will, 
J. W. Christie, E. J. Stilwell, E. 
V. Robinson. E. G. Potter, D. D. 
Dayton, A. B. Chamberlin, W. B. 
Boardman. The committee em- 
ploys a commissioner of public 
affairs and its finances are entire- 



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ly separate from those of the 
club proper. An office is main- 
tained at 201 Andrus building. 

Commission Merchants. — The 

produce commission merchants are 
mostly in the vicinity of 6th St. 
and 2nd Av. N. Grain commission 
men are nearly all to be found in 
the Chamber of Commerce Bldg. or 
the Corn or Flour Exchanges, op- 
posite. 

Comptroller. (See Goveenment 
and Finances.) 

Concerts. — In the development 
of musical taste Minneapolis has 
made quite as rapid progress as in 
more material matters. This de- 
velopment has been accelerated by 
the infusion within a few years of 
a large cultivated class which has 
joined with similar elements al- 
ready resident here, in encourag- 
ing- the best in musical art. Dur- 
ing the autumn, winter and spring 
concerts are given by the Minne- 
apolis Symphony orchestra. The 
faculty and pupils of the conserv- 
atories of music give numerous 
recitals. The Thursday Musical 
is most efficient in promoting con- 
certs of the highest class and 
the work of the Apollo club, 
Philharmonic club, and other 
choral and instrumental organiza- 
tions has added much to the sum 
of musical enjoyment each sea- 
son. Piano and vocal concerts by 
other local musicians are an- 
nounced from time to time. (See 
Musical Societies, Philharmonic 
Club, Minneapolis Symphony 
Orchestra, etc.) 

Conduits. (See Electric Con- 
duits.) 

Congregational Chnrches. — Dur- 
ing its half century of existence 
in Minneapolis, Congregationalism 
has obtained a strong- foothold. It 
is now one of the largest and 
strongest of the Protestant denom- 



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inations. The following include 
both churches and missions: 

Bethany. — Taylor St. and 26th 
St. N. E. 

Como Avenue. — Cor. 14th Av. S. 
E. and Como Av. 

Drummond Hall. — Cor. 13th Av. 
N. E. and 2nd St. 

Fifth Avenue. — Cor. 5th Av. S. 
and 32nd St. 

First. — 8th Av. S. E. and 5th St. 

First Scandinavian. — 16th Av. 
S. and Lake St. 

Forest Heights. — N. James and 
Ilion Aves. 

Fremont Avenue. — Fremont Av. 
N. and 32nd Av. N. 

Linden Hills. — Linden Hills, 
near Lake Harriet. 

Lowry Hill. — Cor. Dupont and 
Franklin Aves. 

Lyndale. — Cor. Aldrich Av. and 
W. Lake St. 

Lynhurst. — S. Bryant Av. and 
45th St. 

Minnehaha. — 38th Av. S. and 
40th St. 

Oak Park. — Cor. James and 6th 
Av. N. 

Open Door. — Cor. 13th Av. N. E. 
and Jefferson St. 

Park Avenue. — Cor. Park and E. 
Franklin Aves. 

Pilgrim. — Cor. 14th Av. N. and 
N. Lyndale Av. 

Pillsbury House. — 320 16th Av. 
S. 

Plymouth. — Cor. Groveland Av. 
and Vine Place. 

Temple (Swedish). — Cor. 10th 
Av. S. and 7th St. 

Thirty-eight St. — 38th St. and 
3d Av. S. 

Vine. — Lake St. near 21st Av. S. 

Congregational Club, The Minne- 
sota. — As its name suggests the 
Congregational Club is an organi- 
zation of gentlemen connected with 
the Congregational churches of the 
state, though chiefly from Minne- 
apolis and St. Paul. Monthly 
meetings, at which ladies are pres- 
ent, are held, from September till 
May, alternating between the two 



cities. A supper precedes the ev- 
ening's discussion of some timely 
topic. The membership is limited 
to 250 and Rev. L. Curtis Talmage, 
Oak Park Church, Minneapolis, is 
secretary. The annual meeting 
occurs in May. 

Conventions. — Minneapolis has 
entertained with success many 
great national gatherings, notably 
the Christian Endeavor convention 
of 1891, the National Republican 
convention of 1892, the G. A. R. 
national encampments of 1884 and 
1906, the National Educational As- 
sociation of 1902, and a number of 
the largest denominational conven- 
tions. TTie city is amply supplied 
with halls, hotels and transporta- 
tion facilities and its hospitalities 
are proverbial. (See Hotels.) 

Cooperage. — An annual output of 
about fifteen millions of barrels of 
flour calls for the manufacture of 
an immense number of barrels, 
notwithstanding the fact that 
much of the flour is packed in 
bags. The demand for cooperage 
is supplied by four large shops, 
most of them conducted on the 
co-operative plan. (See Co-opera- 
tion.) About 300 men find employ- 
ment in this business. The shops 
are mostly to be found in south 
Minneapolis near the railroad 
tracks, and within easy hauling 
distance of the mills. 

Co-operation. — Co-operation com- 
menced in Minneapolis in 1874 
with the organization of the "Co- 
operative Barrel Manufacturing 
Company." The tremendous de- 
velopment of the flour milling in- 
dustry afforded a market for an 
ever increasing number of barrels 
and certain journeymen coopers saw 
an opportunity for bettering their 
condition by applying the princi- 
ples of co-operation. The scheme 
was entirely successful. As a con- 
sequence some eight or ten co-op- 
erative shops have since been or- 



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ganized, of which three shops are 
still in existence. The general 
principle of organization is equal 
shareholding in the capital stock 
and apportionment of profits in 
proportion to work done. Initial 
payments on stock and weekly as- 
sessments thereafter accumulated 
the capital. The system has pros- 
pered phenomenally. Through 
periods of business activity, the 
coopers (having disposed of "boss- 
es" and middlemen) accumulated 
profits rapidly and were enabled 
to secure some real estate and 
commodious shops fitted with prop- 
er machinery. 

Corn Exchange. — An office build- 
ing on 3rd St. and 4th Av. S., di- 
rectly opposite the Chamber of 
Commerce, and chiefly occupied by 
commission firms. It is seven 
stories high and of red pressed 
brick. 

Council. (See Government and 
City Officials.) 

County Commissioners. — Meet at 
the court house on the first Mon- 
day in each month at 10 a. m. 

County Officers, — All county of- 
fices are in the. court house. The 
incumbents are as follows : 

Auditor, Hugh R~ Scott. 

Treasurer, Henry C. Hanke. 

Attorney, Al. J. Smith. 

Judge of Probate, Geo. R. Smith. 

Sheriff, Otto S. Langum. 

Register of Deeds, A. W. Skog. 

Clerk of District Oourt, A. E. 
Allen. 

Superintendent of Schools, Har- 
vey I. Harter. 

Surveyor, Frank W. Haycock. 

Coroner, Gilbert M. Seashore. 

Commissioners, R. J. Upton, J. 
W. Williams, C. B. Waddell, Frank 
W. Cook, Wm. M. Knight. 

Court House and City Hall. — 

The public business of Hennepin 
county and the city of Minneapo- 
lis has been concentrated in one 
building known as the Court House 



and City Hall. This structure oc- 
cupies the entire block bounded by 
3rd and 4th Aves. S. and 4th and 
5th Sts. It is 300 feet square, sur- 
rounds an open court 130 feet 
square, is five stories in height and 
is surmounted by a tower which 
rises to the height of 400 feet 
above the pavement, measuring to 
the tip of the flagstaff. This tow- 
er is 50 feet square and like the 
rest of the building is constructed 
of red Ortonville granite. At the 
apex of the tower roof is an ob- 
servatory which is 335 feet above 
the street and which offers the 
best view point in the city. It 
may be reached by a long climb 
up hundreds of stairs. Permits 
should be secured from the custo- 
dian of the building. A hundred 
feet below the observatory is the 
clock which is 231 feet above the 
street. Its dials are 23 feet and 
four inches in diameter and were, 
when built, the largest in the 
world. 

The court house is finished in 
simple but handsome style. Quar- 
ter sawed oak is used throughout 
the offices and court rooms and in 
the hallways there is marble 
wainscoting and tiled and mosaic 
floors. The building is thoroughly 
fireproof; in the construction of 
the interior only steel and iron, 
brick and hollow tile are used. 

In the county half of the build- 
ing, which is on the 4th Av. side, 
are the offices of the sheriff, coun- 
ty treasurer, auditor, clerk, county 
commissioners and the various of- 
ficers connected with the courts — • 
district and probate. 

In the city side of the building 
are the offices of the mayor, city 
clerk, city comptroller, superintend- 
ent of the poor, chief of police, 
city engineer, the water works, the 
council chamber, committee rooms, 
municipal court rooms, city asses- 
sor's office, the offices of the build- 
ing inspector, health officer, the 
park board, school board and sup- 
erintendent of schools. 



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The building cost over $3,000,- 
000. Long & Kees were the archi- 
tects. 

(See District Court, Probate 
Couwr, County Officers, City Hall, 
etc.) 

Courts. (See District, Munici- 
pal, Probate and U. S. Courts.) 

Crystal Lake Township. — Ad- 
joining the city on the northwest. 
Takes its name from a pretty lake 
near the city limits. 

Customs. — The office of C R. 
Cooley, Deputy Collector of Cus- 
toms, is in the Federal building at 
1st Av. S. and 3rd St. Receipts in 
190S were $525,223.57. 

Cycle Paths. (See Bicycling.) 

Debt. (See Finances.) 

Dentistry, College of. (See Uni- 
versity.) 

Department Stores. — The lead- 
ing department stores are: Dayton 
Dry Goods Co., Nicollet Av. and 
7th St.; L. S. Donaldson & Co., 
Nicollet and 6th St.; Minneapolis 
Dry Goods Co., 501 Nicollet Av.; 
Powers Mercantile Co., 1st Av. S., 
5th St. and Nicollet Av. 

Depots. (See Railroad Stations 
and Freight Depots.) 

Design, Schools of. (See Min- 
neapolis Society of Fine Arts and 
Handicraft Guild.) 

Disciples Churches. — The 

churches of the Disciples in Min- 
neapolis are these: 

Grand Av. Church of Christ. — 
Grand Av. and 31st St. 

Portland Av. Church of Christ. 
— Cor. Portland Av. and Grant St. 

Scandinavian Church of Christ. 
— Cor. 21st Av. S. and 8th St. 

Scandinavian Mission. — Cor. 
14th Av. S. and 22d St. 

Dispensaries. (See Hospitals 
and Dispensaries.) 



Distances in Minneapolis and 
Vicinity. — The city is one of "mag- 
nificent distances." It is ten miles 
long- by six miles broad, and its 
population is pretty thoroughly 
distributed over its 54 square 
miles. Following are the distan- 
ces from the intersection of Wash- 
ington and Hennepin Aves. to va- 
rious points about the city: 

To Public Library, 8 blocks; to 
Loring Park, 1 mile; to Court 
House, y 2 mile; to milling district, 
2-3 mile; to University, 2 miles; to 
Cedar Av. and Washington, l 1 ^ 
miles; to Grant St. and Nicollet 
Av., 1 mile; to Plymouth Av. and 
N. Washington Av., 1 mile; to 20th 
Av. N. and Washington, iy 2 miles; 
to Franklin Av. and Hennepin, 1% 
miles; to Franklin and Nicollet, 
iy 2 miles; to Franklin and 16th Av. 
S., 2 miles; to Lake St. and Hen- 
nepin, 3 miles; to Lake St. and 
Nicollet Av., 2V 2 miles; to Lake St. 
and Bloomington Av., 3 miles; to 
Lake Calhoun, Sy 2 miles; to Lake 
Harriet, 4% miles; to Lakewood 
Cemetery, Zy 2 miles; to Washburn 
Park, 5 miles; to Minnehaha Falls 
and Park, 6 miles; to Fort Snelling, 
iy 2 miles; to New Boston, 2y 2 
miles; to St. Paul, 10 miles; to 
Lake Minnetonka, (via railroad) at 
Wayzata, 14 miles, at Excelsior, 
(via electric line) 18 miles, at Min- 
netonka Beach, 20 miles. 

In estimating distances count 13 
ordinary blocks to the mile. South 
of 24th St. the blocks from north 
to south are much longer, running 
just eight to the mile. Thus from 
24th to 32nd Sts. is just a mile. 

Distances to Other Cities. — Fol- 
lowing are the distances by rail 
from Minneapolis to the principal 
cities of the United States and 
Canada, and the larger towns and 
resorts in the Northwest: 

Miles. 

Aberdeen, S. D 288 

Albany, N. Y 1,254 

Albert Lea, Minn 107 

Ashland, Wis 194 

Atlanta, Ga 1,213 

Baltimore, Md 1,273 

Bemidji, Minn 220 

Bismarck, N'. D 435 



Boston, Mass 1,456 

Brainerd, Minn 128 

Buffalo, N. Y 956 

Butte, Mont 1,118 

Chattanooga, Tenn 1,061 

Chicago, 111 420 

Chippewa Falls, Wis 114 

Cincinnati, Ohio 725 

Cleveland, Ohio 777 

Crookston, Minn 287 

Denver, Colo 928 

Des Moines, Iowa 296 

Detroit, Mich 705 

Detroit, Minn 194 

Devil's Lake, N. D 396 

Dubuque, Iowa 258 

Duluth, Minn 150 

Eau Claire, Wis 96 

Fargo, N. D 240 

Faribault, Minn 56 

Fergus Falls, Minn 177 

Gladstone, Mich 343 

Glenwood, Minn 120 

Grand Forks, N. D 310 

Great Falls, Mont 1,070 

Helena, Mont 1,120 

Hibbing, Minn , 234 

Indianapolis, Ind 603 

International Falls, Minn.. . . 327 

Jacksonville, Fla 1,565 

Kansas City, Mo. . . .' 547 

La Crosse, Wis 137 

Larimore, N. D 333 

Lincoln, Neb 452 

Livingston, Mont 1,021 

Louisville, Ky 743 

Mackinac, Mich 476 

Madison, Wis 280 

Mankato, Minn 75 

Milwaukee, Wis 335 

Minnetonka — Excelsior 18 

Wayzata 14 

Montreal, Can 1,120 

Nashville, Tenn 928 

New Orleans, La 1,335 

New York 1,332 

Northfield, Minn 42 

Ogden, Utah 1,391 

Omaha, Neb 351 

Oshkosh, Wis 298 

Philadelphia, Pa 1,242 

Pierre, S. D 414 

Pittsburg, Pa 888 

Portland, Oregon 1,974 

Quebec, Can 1,368 

Red Wing, Minn : 50 

Rochester, Minn 100 

Rochester, N. Y 1,026 

Salt Lake City, Utah 1,428 

San Francisco, Cal 2,224 

Sauk Center, Minn 107 

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich 494 

Seattle, Washington 1,818 

Sioux City, Iowa 259 



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Sioux Falls, S. D 238 

Spokane, Wash 1,479 

St. Cloud, Minn 65 

St. Joseph, Mo 479 

St. Louis, Mo 585 

St. Paul, Minn 10 

St. Peter, Minn 64 

Stillwater, Minn 30 

Syracuse, N. Y 1,120 

Tacoma, Wash 1,844 

Toronto, Can 1,000 

Tower, Minn 246 

Virginia, Minn 225 

Washington, D. C 1,233 

Watertown, S. D 222 

Waukesha, Wis 374 

White Bear, Minn 22 

Winnipeg, Manitoba 448 

W^inona, Minn 112 

Yankton, S. D 301 

Yellowstone Park 1,051 

District Court. — The district 
court for Hennepin county is a 
court of record of original and gen- 
eral jurisdiction. There are six 
judges and each judge is elected 
for the term of six years. Each 
judge sits as a separate court, and 
each judge has full and equal pow- 
ers, except when two sit together 
when, if there is a difference of 
opinion, the opinion of the senior 
judge controls. Once a month all 
the judges sit together to hear 
certain kinds of cases. But all 
process is attested in the name of 
the senior judge — the one longest 
on the bench. The actual territor- 
ial jurisdiction of the court is the 
4th Judicial District of the state, 
which consists of the county; but 
the statutes give the right to serve 
summons and to have certain ju- 
risdictional powers throughout the 
state. One term of court is held 
commencing on the second Mon- 
day in September and continuing 
until July 1st. Appeals are taken 
from the district court direct- 
ly to the supreme court — the 
court of final resort. The present 
incumbents of the District bench 
are, in order of seniority: Judges 
David F. Simpson, Frank C. 
Brooks, John Day Smith, Andrew 
Holt, H. D. Dickenson, Wilbur F. 



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Booth. Clerk of Courts, A. E. 
Allen. (See Court House.) 

District Telegraph. (See Mes- 
senger Service.) 

Dog's. — There are about 4,500 
dogs in Minneapolis — that is, there 
are about that many which have 
been regularly licensed to exist un- 
der the city ordinances. Owners 
of valuable or pet dogs should see 
that the license fees are paid each 
year and the tags kept attached 
to the animals by a collar (and re- 
placed if lost) or otherwise they 
are liable to seizure and execution 
by the "dog catcher." Maintaining 
a vicious dog is punishable by fine. 

Donaldson Building*. — One of the 
newest and most conspicuous build- 
ings on Nicollet Avenue (Cor. 7th 
St.) A handsome structure of 
brick and terra cotta exterior, steel 
frame and concrete interior con- 
struction, fitted and finished in the 
most elegant manner. The first 
two floors are occupied as store 
rooms and the remainder of the 
building is devoted to offices which 
are largely occupied by profession- 
al men. 

Drainage. (See Topography and 
Sewers.) 

Drives. — A more delightful vi- 
cinity for driving could hardly be 
imagined. The streets of the city 
are broad and smooth and abound 
in beautiful shade trees and hand- 
some houses and grounds. Leaving 
the more thickly settled portion of 
the city, one can follow the park- 
way system for miles about the 
shores of charming lakes or pic- 
turesque water courses. Still 
further. out — beyond the city lim- 
its — is a magnificently rolling 
farming country, dotted with blue 
lakes and interspersed with natu- 
ral forest. For miles around the 
city the roads are uniformly good. 
The sandy character of the soil 
prevents their ever becoming seri- 
ously muddy. There are no toll 



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roads or toll bridges. The vicinity 
is a paradise for those who enjoy 
driving. It is scarcely a wonder 
that the number of private equi- 
pages, fine horses and automobiles 
in Minneapolis is very large in 
proportion to the population. 

Strangers can secure hacks or 
carriages with careful drivers by 
applying at their hotel offices or 
at any of the public hack stands or 
central livery stables. (See Horses 
iND Carriages, Livery, Hack Fares, 
etc.) Automobiles may also be 
hired with competent chauffeurs 
in charge. 

The following drives are sug- 
gested for the use of both stran- 
gers and residents. Some of the 
latter could not better spend a few 
hours occasionally than in improv- 
ing their knowledge of the subur- 
ban beauties of the city. It is as- 
sumed in the following drives that 
the stranger is starting from one 
of the leading hotels in the central 
part of town. Residents will know 
how to adjust themselves to 
different starting points. The time 
given is the proper allowance for 
a carriage team; if an automobile 
is used the allowance may be re- 
duced from one-third to one-half. 

A Rapid View of the City. — Up 
Hennepin Av. to 10th St., passing 
West Hotel, Masonic Temple, and 
Lyceum Theatre; on 10th St. to 
Harmon Place, passing the Public 
Library and First Baptist Church; 
on Harmon Place past Central 
Park and Judge M. B. Koon's resi- 
dence to Oak Grove St. and Hen- 
nepin Av. in sight of Thomas Low- 
ry's residence; through Oak Grove 
to Vine Place; on Vine Place to 
Franklin Av. ; on Franklin to Stev- 
ens; on Stevens to 24th, passing 
residences of Sen. W. D. Washburn 
and the late Chas. A. Pillsbury; on 
24th St. to Park Av.; on Park Av. 
to 10th St., on 10th to Nicollet; on 
Nicollet to 3rd St. and thence to 
hotel. This drive, allowing a pause 
at points of interest, will occupy 



about an hour. Forty minutes 
more will admit of a visit to the 
State University, via the steel 
arch bridge and S. E. 5th St. and 
returning" via University Av. and 
the 10th Av. S. bridge, obtaining 
a view of St. Anthony Falls, the 
stone arch railroad bridge and the 
milling" district. Strangers should 
not fail to take at least this much 
time to see the city. This and the 
succeeding drives may, of course, 
be extended indefinitely by side ex- 
cursions or stops for the examina- 
tion of interesting buildings or 
places. 

A Fairly Comprehensive View. — 
Up Hennepin Av. to 10th, and via 
Harmon Place to Loring Park, as 
in short drive; west from Loring 
Park oyer Kenwood Parkway to 
Lake of the Isles; around north 
and east sides of lake to 27th St.; 
on 27th to Hennepin Av. ; on Hen- 
nepin Av. to Groveland Av. ; 
through Clifton Place and Clifton 
Av. to Vine Place; on Vine Place 
to Franklin; on Franklin to Stev- 
ens Av. ; on Stevens to 24th St.; on 
24th St. to 3rd Av. S.; on 3rd Av. 
S. to 17th St.; on 17th St. to Port- 
land Av.; on Portland to 27th St.; 
on 27th to Park Av. ; on Park Av. 
to 10th St., and thence following 
the route of the first drive, includ- 
ing the University and milling dis- 
trict. This will occupy about 
three hours, and will give a stran- 
ger, who has little time at his dis- 
posal, a fairly good idea of Min- 
neapolis. 

The best way to see the city is 
to plan at least five or six drives 
of a couple of hours each.' In this 
way the sights may be better en- 
joyed and there is no danger of 
any one proving wearisome. The 
following outlines may prove use- 
ful: 

The Business Center. — Henne- 
pin Av. to 7th St.; 7th to Nicollet 
Av. ; on Nicollet -to 2nd St.; on 2nd 
St. to 3rd Av. N'.; on 3rd Av: to 3rd 
St.; on 3rd St. to 1st Ave. N.; on 



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1st Av. N. to 6th St. to 1st Av. S. ; 
on 1st Av. S. to 4th St.; on 4th St. 
to 7th Av. S.; on 7th Av. S. to 
Washington; on Washington to 6th 
Av. S.; on 6th to flour milling dis- 
trict; after viewing the canal and 
mills, on 1st St. to 3rd Av. S.; on 
3rd Av. to 2nd St.; on 2nd to Nic- 
ollet; across steel arch bridge and 
Nicollet Island to Main St.; on 
Main to 6th Av. S. E„ past Pills- 
bury "A" mill; across 10th Av. 
bridge to Washington Av. ; on 
Washington to Hennepin. This 
drive taken slowly will occupy 
from an hour and a half to two 
hours. An inside view of Pills- 
bury "A" flour mill is a pleasant 
addition, and as much time as de- 
sired may be spent in this way. 

To See Residences. — Hennepin 
Av. to 10th St.; to Park Av.; to 
27th St.; to Portland Av.; to 14th 
St.; to 1st Av. S.; to 17th St.; to 
3rd Av. S.; to 24th St.; to Stevens 
Av.; to 22nd St.; to 2nd Av. S.; to 
19th St.; to Ridgwood Av.; to 
Lyndale Av. ; to Summit Av. ; to 
James Av. ; to Mt. Curve Av. ; to 
Groveland Terrace; to Clifton Place 
and Clifton Av. ; to Vine Place; to 
Oak Grove; to Hennepin Av. ; to 
Harmon PL; to 13th St.; to Linden 
Av. ; to 17th St.; to Laurel Av. ; to 
Hennepin Av., thence to hotel or 
home. To cover this route will re- 
quire two hours. It will give a 
tolerably accurate idea of the resi- 
dence district of the west side. 
For the east side see east side 
drive below. 

A Park and Boulevard Drive. — 
From Loring Park over Kenwood 
Parkway to Lake of the Isles, 
around the lake to south end and 
along Calhoun Boulevard past 
Lake Calhoun to Lake Harriet; 
around Lake Harriet and return by 
same route to Mt. Curve Av., and 
through Mt. Curve Av. over Low- 
ry's Hill to Hennepin Av.; or, from 
Lake Calhoun Boulevard and 36th 
St. east to Hennepin, and thence to 



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Loring Park and home. About two 
hours. 

East Side Drive. — Across steel 
arch bridge to Nicollet Island; Is- 
land Av. to Grove PL; through 
Grove PI. to Central Av. ; to Main 
St.; to 1st Ave. S. E.; to 4th St.; to 
7th Av. S. E.; to 5th St.; to 13th 
Av. S. E. ; to University Av. ; 
through University grounds; re- 
turning via University Av. to 6th 
Av. S. E. and 10th Av. S. bridge. 
About an hour. May be pleasant- 
ly extended to two hours by fol- 
lowing St. Anthony Parkway along 
river bank from University to 
Bridal Veil Falls, and returning 
across Franklin Av. bridge and 
via West Riverside Parkway, Riv- 
erside Park, Riverside Av. and 
4th St. to center. 

To Minnehaha Falls. — Via any 
main avenue (Portland or Park the 
best) to Lake St.; to W. Riverside 
Parkway; to falls. Returning 
same route. About two hours. A 
longer route is via Kenwood Park- 
way to Lake of the Isles, Cal- 
houn and Harriet, leaving Lake 
Harriet at the south-east side and 
following Minnehaha Parkway 
along the banks of Minnehaha 
creek to the falls. 

To Fort Snelling. — Same as to 
Minnehaha about iy 2 miles beyond 
the falls. May be varied by re- 
turning on east side of river to 
Lake St. bridge and thence west 
to any leading avenue. 

A Country Drive. — South on 
Portland Av. to Diamond Lake 
(about 5 miles) west 1 mile to 
Lyndale Av. ; north across Minne- 
haha Creek to 3rd Av. S., past 
"Washburn Home and Park to city. 
About 1% hours. 

Three Hour Country Drive. — 
South on Portland Av. to cross 
road iy 2 miles south of Diamond 
Lake; west 3 miles past Wood 
Lake; north 2 miles; west % mile 
to Edina mills; north and east 



over choice of roads to Lake Cal- 
houn and city. 

To Minxetonka. — West from 
north end Lake Calhoun through 
Hopkins to Excelsior. About 20 
miles. Will require a good part 
of a day and a good team. 

The lake may also be reached 
by a half dozon other routes, as 
the Minnetonka boulevard, run- 
ning due west from north end 
Lake Calhoun; the Superior boule- 
vard running west from Bryn 
Mawr; and Western and Sixth 
Avenues N. — all these routes be- 
fcng convenient for reaching the 
north shore of the lak©. 

The above are a very few of the 
delightful drives about the city 
and are only intended for the use 
of those unacquainted with the 
"lay of the land." They may be 
varied indefinitely and the fre- 
quent traveler of the streets and 
roads will discover new and in- 
teresting routes. Until one is ac- 
quainted with the outlying coun- 
try a pocket map will be found 
useful. (See Seeing the City, Au- 
tomobiles and Excursions.) 

Dry Goods. — Nicollet Av. is the 
great shopping street and all the 
leading dry goods houses are to be 
found there. The larger and more 
prominent establishments are: L. 
S. Donaldson & Co., Cor. Nicollet 
Av. and 6th St.; Dayton Dry 
Goods Co., corner Nicollet and 7th 
St.; Minneapolis Dry Goods Co., 
501 Nicollet Av. ; Powers Mercan- 
tile Co., Nicollet Av., 1st Av. S. 
and 5th St.; J. W. Thomas & Co., 
Nicollet Av. and 8th St. 

Dyckman Hotel. — Sixth St. be- 
tween Hennepin and Nicollet. 
Under construction in 1909 and 
to be opened in the autumn. The 
building will be eight stories high 
and will have about 125 rooms. 

Eastern District, or East Side. — 

That part of the city lying east of 
the Mississippi river. It includes 



THE GROWING POPULARITY OF ELECTRIC 
LIGHT AND POWER IN MINNEAPOLIS. 



Perhaps the most astounding 
fact about Minneapolis which first 
impresses the visitor is its activity 
by night throughout the business 
districts of the city. This enter- 
prising spirit, which is made pos- 
sible by the use of electric light- 
ing, is a factor which makes Min- 
neapolis prominent among the 
leading cities of the country. 

The ornamental street lighting, 
as is now installed upon its main 
business street, Nicollet Avenue, is 
one of the finest, if not the finest, 
in the country. The enthusiasm 
with which this system of "Com- 
mercial Publicity" has been re- 
ceived is so great that the outlying- 
districts of the city are now tak- 
ing this means of offering to the 
visitor more attractive boulevards 
and much safer highways. 

Few cities in the country are in 
such a position as to offer such 
low rates for Electric Lighting and 
Power, and what this means to a 
community can only be appreciated 
when each individual of that com- 
munity has to supply its own illu- 
mination and power for manufac- 
turing purposes. 

On July 1st, 1909, rates became 
effective which placed Electric 
Lighting in the home within the 
reach of the most modest income, 



and reduced power rates to such 
a degree that the retail producer 
especially can produce at a much 
lower cost than any of our sister 
cities. 

The furnishing of electric light- 
ing and power to Minneapolis by 
THE MINNEAPOLIS GENERAL 
ELECTRIC COMPANY, a corpora- 
tion, the value of whose tangible 
properties amounts to $9,000,000, 
having a plant capacity of nearly 
22,000 Horsepower. Its Central 
Generating Station is located on 
the St. Croix River, forty miles 
from Minneapolis, and power from 
this hydro-electric development is 
transmitted at a potential of 55,000 
volts to the city limits of Minne- 
apolis. Here it is reduced in volt- 
age for power users and for light- 
ing purposes. Within the city lim- 
its this Company maintains two 
stations, one at Main Street South- 
east, with a capacity of 8,200 
horsepower, and another at a cen- 
tral office building at 15 South Fifth 
Street, with a generating capacity 
of 900 horsepower. 

In the astonishing growth of 
Minneapolis and the prosperity of 
its people, probably nothing has 
been more effective in producing 
these desired results than the 
manufacture and distribution of 
electric energy. 



what was originally the town of 
St. Anthony and is commonly call- 
ed "the East Side." 

Education. — Minneapolis is pe- 
culiarly fortunate in possessing 
exceptional educational facilities. 
No western city of equal size and 
few eastern centers have better 
advantages in this respect. The 
public school system of Minneapo- 
lis has worthily achieved a repu- 
tation as the equal of any in the 
country; its high schools are thor- 
ough and well equipped and the 
state university affords means for 
higher education in its numerous 
departments. Besides there are 
several very creditable private 
schools for different classes of ed- 
ucational work. All these institu- 
tions both public and private are 
sustained by a cordial public sym- 
pathy; the interest in the public 
school system is especially marked. 
Altogether Minneapolis is a very 
desirable place of residence for 
families having children to edu- 
cate. 

This subject is too compre- 
hensive to admit of treatment un- 
der one head; the details of mat- 
ters pertaining to education will 
be found under such headings as 
Public Schools, University, High 
Schools, Private Schools, 
Parochial Schools, Art Schools, 
etc. 

Election Precincts. (See Polit- 
ical Divisions.) 

Elections. — Municipal elections 
are held upon the same date as 
those of the state and county — the 
first Tuesday after the first Mon- 
day in November of the even num- 
bered years. Nearly all city of- 
ficials are, under the present laws, 
to be elected for two years; their 
terms of office beginning on Jan- 
uary 1st following the election. 
The Australian or secret ballot 
system is in use under a state law 
and the plan of direct nominating 
elections took the place of the old 



33 EDU-ELE 

caucus and convention system in 
Hennepin county in 1900. (See Pol- 
itics and Political Divisions.) 

Electric Conduits. — After sever- 
al years of agitation the work of 
putting under ground all electric 
wires in the center of the city, 
was commenced in 1888. This was 
in accordance with a municipal 
ordinance. There are now about 
180 miles of conduit or subway. 

Electric Lights. — The Minneap- 
olis General Electric Company fur- 
nishes arc and incandescent lights 
as well as electric power to con- 
sumers and arc lamps for electric 
street lighting by contract with 
the city. This company has a 
main generating station at 3rd Av. 
S. E. and Main St. It is a building 
150x166 feet, in which are located 
boilers, engines and water wheels, 
which operate the dynamos. This 
station has an output of 8,200 
horse power when working at its 
maximum. A handsome new of- 
fice building and battery storage 
plant has been completed on 5th 
St. between Nicollet and Henne- 
pin Aves. The company has re- 
cently completed the development 
of 12,500 horse power at Taylors 
Falls on the St. Croix river. From 
the power house at the Falls elec- 
tric energy is conducted to the cit- 
ies and distributed to consumers 
of light and power. 

Electric Street Railways. (See 
Street Railways.) 

Elevators. — One thing which im- 
presses the traveler arriving by 
almost any of the railroads enter- 
ing the city, is the number and 
the vast size of the grain eleva- 
tors. To form a better idea of their 
number one must sweep the hori- 
zon from some of the high 
buildings. The elevators rise in 
every direction as sombre monu- 
ments to the commercial enter- 
prise and supremacy of the Flour 



ELK-EXC 34 

City. There are nearly fifty of 
these great structures and their 
combined capacity is about 40,- 
000,000 bushels or nearly one-half 
the receipts of wheat, Each year 
sees the number and capacity 
largely increased. They are built 
of wood, steel, brick, tiles or con- 
crete and the complicated machin- 
ery is operated by steam power. 
A visit and examination of their 
workings is very interesting. Be- 
sides those already mentioned 
there are a number of elevators 
connected with the flour mills 
which have a considerable stor- 
age capacity and in addition to 
the terminal storage room in the 
city are the systems of elevators 
and warehouses in the interior, 
covering all the territory from 
northern Wisconsin, northern Iowa 
and Nebraska to the Pacific coast 
in Oregon and Washington. These 
systems operate thousands of ele- 
vators, with a storage capacity of 
many millions of bushels. This, 
with the terminal elevators, gives 
an enormous storage capacity, con- 
trolled and operated by firms con- 
nected with and doing business on 
the floor of the Exchange room of 
the Chamber of Commerce of 
Minneapolis. (See Grain Trade, 
Flour and Flour Milling.) 

Elks. — One of the finest lodge 
rooms in the country is that of the 
B. P. O. E. in the building at 6th 
and Hennepin, diagonally across 
from the Masonic Temple. The 
quarters are most sumptuous and 
worth inspection by anyone inter- 
ested in such matters. 

Blliot Park. — A four acre lot be- 
tween 9th and 10th Aves. S. and 
8th and 14th Sts. Most of the land 
was the gift of Dr. Jacob S. Elliot. 
It contains a small lake and a 
handsome fountain. (See Park 
System.) 

Episcopal Churches. — Like most 
of the other leading denominations 



the Episcopal church in Minneap- 
olis dates from about 1850. There 
arc liow fourteen churches and 
missions as follows: 

All Saints. — Clinton Av. bet. E. 
26th and 27th Sts. 

Christ Church Mission. — Blais- 
dell Av. and 37th St. 

Gethsemane. — Cor. 4th Av. S. 
and 9th St. 

Grace. — Cor. 16th A v. S. and 
24th St. 

Holy Trinity. — Cor. 4th Av. S. 
E. and 4th St. 

Messiah (Swedish). — Grand Av. 
and 37th St. 

St. Andrew's. — 18th Av. N. bet. 
Fremont and Girard Aves. 

St. Ansgarius (Swedish). — 5th 
St. and 19th Av. S. 

St. Johannes (Scandinavian). — 
Newton and 5th Aves. N. 

St. John Baptist. — Lake Har- 
riet. 

St. Mark's. — Cor. Oak Grove and 
Hennepin A v. 

St. Matthew's. — Cor. 25th A v. 
N. E. and Fillmore St. 

St. Paul's. — Bryant Av. Cor. 
Franklin. 

St. Thomas Mission (Colored). — 
:»Ui Av. S. and 9th St. 

Excelsior. — A village on the 
south shore of Lake Minnetonka 
and about 18 miles from Minneap- 
olis. On the Minneapolis and St. 
Louis railroad and Minnetonka 
electric line. (See Minnetonka.) 

Excursions. — The number of ex- 
cursions which may be made from 
Minneapolis is almost without lim- 
it. Few inland cities have so 
many attractions and agreeable re- 
sorts within easy reach. The city 
is surrounded by lakes; there are 
over 200 within a radius of twen- 
ty-five miles, and perhaps a score 
within the city limits. The en- 
virons are picturesque. Among the 
lakes, bluffs and falls the city park 
system has been entwined and the 
rapid development of the electrical 
street railway system has made 



nearly every part of this beautiful 
outlying region accessible. For 
all sorts of short excursions in and 
about the city the electric cars of- 
fer the quickest and simplest 
means of transportation. They not 
only reach the famed Minnehaha 
Falls, the chain of beautiful lakes 
along the southwestern border of 
the city, the university, fair 
grounds and interurban district, 
but now reach out beyond St. Paul 
and extend to White Bear Lake, 
and Stillwater on the eastern bor- 
der of the state and to Minneton- 
ka twenty miles west. 

The number of pleasant excur- 
sions of from one hour to a day 
which may be made on the electric 
lines is almost without limit. A 
few are outlined below as sugges- 
tions. They may be varied — 
lengthened or shortened — to suit 
the convenience or pleasure of the 
excursionist. The time given is 
that from the business center and 
allows for a short stop-over at 
the objective point. If a longer 
stay is desired it should be taken 
into account when planning the 
trip. The fare is for the round 
trip. 

1.— Lakes Calhoun and Harriet. 
— Como-Harriet electric cars west 
bound, past Loring Par,k, Thomas 
Lowry's residence, Lowry Hill, 
Sunnyside, Lake Calhoun, Lake- 
wood Cemetery to Lake Harriet pa- 
vilion. Time, one hour. Concerts 
at Lake Harriet every afternoon 
and evening during the summer. 
Fare, 10c. 

2. — Minnehaha Falls. — Minne- 
haha electric car on 5th St. via Min- 
nehaha Av. to Park and Falls. Time, 
l 1 /^ hours. This allows for a few 
minutes view of the Falls. It is 
worth one's while to take an extra 
hour for a ramble down the 
charming glen below the Falls and 
a look at the Soldiers' Home build- 
ings and the Mississippi river 
gorge. Fare, 10c. 

This excursion may be extended 



35 EXC-EXC 

to Fort Snelling, about two miles 
beyond the falls. 

3. — Washburn Park. — Washburn 
Park & Camden line on Washing- 
ton Av. or 1st Av. S. to Washburn 
Park at 51st St. The Washburn 
Home and grounds, the view from 
the hills, and the Minnehaha Park- 
way and Creek, crossed by a long 
viaduct, are attractions. Time, 
iy 2 hours. Fare, 10c. 

4. — Reservoir. — The highest 
ground in the vicinity of Minneap- 
olis is the hill on which stands the 
reservoir, just outside the limits 
northeast of the city. Eighth & 
Columbia Heights line going east 
on Hennepin Av. and a three-quar- 
ters mile walk brings one to the 
reservoir. Time, 2 houts. Fare, 
10c. 

5. — Como Park. — Como is St. 
Paul's most beautiful park. Como- 
Harriet line going east on Henne- 
pin, past state university, St. An- 
thony Park, the state agricultural 
college and experiment station, 
the state fair grounds, to Como. 
Time, iy 2 hours. Fare, 20c. 

6. — St. Paul (To Summit Av.) — 
Como-Harriet line through Como 
Park as in No. 5 remaining on car 
and entering St. Paul on Como Av. 
At Fifth and Wabasha Sts. trans- 
fer to the Selby line, walking one 
block south and take Selby Av. 
car to end of tunnel at top of hill, 
walk south to Summit Av., out 
Summit Av. to Dale St., thence 
north on Dale St. to Selby Av., 
take Selby-Lake car (west bound) 
to Minneapolis. Time, 3 hours. 
Fare, 20c. 

7. — St. Paul (To see Indian 
Mounds). — Same as No. 6 to 7th 
and Wabasha Sts., St. Paul. Trans- 
fer to Maria Av. car, east bound, 
and ride to end of line at Indian 
Mounds and State Fish Hatchery. 
Return via same to 7th and Rob- 
ert Sts., St. Paul; transfer to Min- 
neapolis & St. Paul or Como- 



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Harriet car for Minneapolis. Time, 
4% hours. Fare, 25c. 

8. — White Bear Lake. — Minne- 
apolis and St. Paul or Como-Har- 
riet line to 7th and Wabasha Sts., 
St. Paul, transfer to White Bear & 
Stillwater cars to Wildwood, on 
White Bear Lake, 12 miles north- 
east of St. Paul. Time, 4 hours. 
Fare, 40c. 

9. — Stillwater. — Same as No. 8, 
passing" Wildwood and going 
through to Stillwater. Time on 
cars, 4 hours. If the state prison 
at Stillwater is visited, at least 
three hours should be allowed for 
the stop in the city. Fare, 70c. 

10. — Fort Snelling. — Fort Snell- 
ing cars past Minnehaha Falls 
through to Fort Snelling, about 
two miles beyond the falls. Time, 
2 hours. Fare, 10c. 

11. — St. Paul via Fort Snelling. 
— Same as 10 to Fort Snelling. 
Thence via West Seventh St., line 
of the St. Paul electric system to 
Wabasha St., St. Paul; where 
transfer may be made to any St. 
Paul line or to any other interur- 
ban line to return to Minneapolis. 
Time, ZV 2 hours. Fare, 20c. 

12. — Minnetonka (To Excelsior 
and Tonka Bay). — Lake Minneton- 
ka cars from Hennepin Av. and 6th 
St. out Hennepin Av. to 31st St. 
and via Lakes Calhoun and Har- 
riet and village of Hopkins to Ex- 
celsior on south shore of Lake 
Minnetonka; time, 2 hours; and to 
Tonka Bay; time, 3 hours. Fare, 
50 cents. 

13. — Minnetonka (To Deepha- 
ven). — Take Deephaven car from 
Hennepin Av. and 6th St., thence 
same as Excelsior line to Hopkins, 
thence by branch line to Deephav- 
en on St. Louis Bay, east shore of 
Minnetonka. Time and fare same 
as to Excelsior. 

14. — Minnetonka (Other Lake 
points). — Steamers may be taken 
at either Excelsior or Deephaven 



to all points on the lake. Fare, 10 
cents. (See Minnetonka.) 

All the foregoing excursions may 
be made upon electric lines. Many 
others may be planned; these are 
merely suggestions regarding the 
most interesting points. A com- 
plete list of the Minneapolis elec- 
tric lines may be found under the 
heading Street Railways, accom- 
panied by a map of the interurban 
system. 

For excursions by carriage, au- 
tomobile, or on horseback see the 
subject Drives. 

The railroads running out of 
the city offer scores of pleasant 
trips varying from a half-day ex- 
cursion to a transcontinental 
journey. When half a day or more 
is to be spent Lake Minnetonka 
offers a choice of several excur- 
sions via the trains of the Great 
Northern and Minneapolis & St. 
Louis railways and the lake 
steamers. (See Minnetonka.) For 
these and all rail excursions men- 
tioned it is well to consult the 
railroad time cards as tney are 
subject to frequent change. The 
Dalles of the St. Croix river may 
be visited in a day's trip and 
Duluth, Ashland and other Lake 
Superior points are to be seen in 
excursions of two or more days' 
duration according to the taste and 
time of the visitor. West and 
northwest of Minneapolis lies the 
famous Park Region of Minneso- 
ta, abounding in lakes and dotted 
with villages and tourist's hotels. 
Detailed information of the re- 
sources of this region are obtain- 
able from the offices of the Great 
Northern, Northern Pacific and 
Minneapolis, St Paul & Sault Ste 
Marie railroads which penetrate 
it. The last mentioned road on its 
eastern division reaches numerous 
hunting and fishing resorts of 
Northern Wisconsin and Michigan, 
all within a few hours ride of 
Minneapolis. 



Experiment Station, Agricultur- 
al. (See University of Minneso- 
ta.) 

Exports and Imports. (See 
Commerce and Customs.) 

Express Charges. — Rates for ex- 
pressage and parcel delivery are 
regulated by city ordinance. The 
section applying to this subject is 
as follows: 

Loads not exceeding 200 pounds 
within one-half mile, 25c. 

Loads not exceeding 500 pounds 
weight, 50c. When the distance 
exceeds one mile, 25c for each ad- 
ditional mile. 

Over 500 pounds, 50c for every 
additional 500 pounds or fraction 
thereof. 

For hauling household furni- 
ture, $1 per hour, with one or two 
horse trucks. 

These prices are not adhered to 
by parcel delivery companies or 
expressmen, but any charge in ex- 
cess is extortionate. The usual 
rate with the package delivery 
companies, for delivery of an or- 
dinary sized trunk or smaller 
package within a mile and a half 
is 25c. Owners of single express 
wagons will want more and the 
omnibus company usually charges 
50c for a trunk. (See Express Wag- 
ons and Parcel Delivery Compa- 
nies.) 

Express Companies. — The ex- 
press companies doing business 
over the various railroads entering 
the city have their offices on or 
near Hennepin Av. in the business 
center as follows: Adams, 256 
Hennepin Av. ; American, 27 S. 5th 
St.; Great Northern, 25 S. 5th; 
National, 11 S. 4th St.; Northern, 
11 S. 4th St.; Southern, 256 Hen. 
Av.; U. S., 246 Nic. Av.; Wells, 
Fargo & Co., 322 Hen. Av.; West- 
ern, 322 Hen. Av, 



37 EXP-FAR 

Farmers and Mechanics Sav- 
ing's Bank Building*. — One of the 
most complete and beautiful of 
the group of fine Minneapolis 
bank buildings. The structure 
was rebuilt in 1909, enlarged to a 
frontage of 75 feet on Fourth 
street and entirely remodelled 
within, giving it a banking room 
which for point of beauty and 
utility is scarcely equalled in the 
country. Marble walls and floors, 
artistic steel work and mahogany 
wood work contribute to the 
beauty of this banking room 
where over 60,000 depositors are 
given accommodation. The build- 
ing is No. 115 So. Fourth St. 

Fair Oaks. — The name of Sena- 
tor W. D. Washburn's residence. 
It occupies the block bounded by 
Stevens Av., 3rd Av. S. and 22nd 
and 24th Sts. The grounds are 
handsomely laid out, with a varie- 
ty of ornamental trees and shrub- 
bery; an artificial lake; green- 
houses and stables. (Wash. Fk. 
& Camden or the 1st Av. S. & 20th 
Av. N. electric lines.) 

Fairs. — Hennepin county fairs 
have long since been discontinued. 
The Minnesota State fair is held 
annually for one week in Septem- 
ber at the grounds near Hamline, 
midway between Minneapolis and 
St. Faul. The Como-Harriet elec- 
tric line runs past the grounds, 
and it is very convenient for fair 
visitors to stop in Minneapolis and 
thus be in easy reach of the fair, 
and the other sights of the Flour 
City. 

(See State Fair.) 

Farm Machinery. — (See Agricul- 
tural Implements.) 

Farview Park. — Farview Park 
is rich in the possession of natural 
advantages. It lies between 26th 
and 29th Aves. N., and Lyndale 
and 4th St. The contour of the 
park is rolling, and it is diversi- 
fied with groves and lawns of 
much beauty. On the highest 



FIN-FIR 38 

point near the center of the park 
is a stone. observatory 30 feet high 
and of artistic design. The out- 
look from the summit is very fine. 
Wash. Pk. & Camden electric line. 
(See Park System.) 

Finances. — During the city's 
years of corporate existence, the 
finances of Minneapolis have been 
on the whole economically and 
prudently managed. Occasional er- 
rors in judgment and extravagance 
in certain lines of outlay there 
have been, but the city has never 
fallen into the hands of a "ring" 
originated for the purpose of rob- 
bing the taxpayers and enriching 
rascally officials. The city charter 
prohibits any floating indebtedness 
and the bonded debt can only be 
increased by a four-sevenths vote 
of the people and may never ex- 
ceed ten per cent of the assessed 
valuation. Another important pro- 
vision is that of the sinking fund 
created by an authorized tax of 
one mill annually, which amply 
provides for the payment of all 
bonds as they come due. 

The assessed valuation of the 
city is $175,912,389, and the bond- 
ed debt is now $12,149,200, or less 
the amount in the sinking fund, 
$9,171,542. The expenditures are 
about $6,500,000 yearly. Minneap- 
olis bonds always command a 
premium upon issue. (See Govern- 
ment.) 

Pine Arts, Society of. (See 
Minneapolis Soc. of Fine Arts.) 

Fire Department. — The fire de- 
partment comprises over 3 60 men 
and about 205 horses, 23 steam 
engines, 5 hose wagons, 7 chemi- 
cals, 9 hook and ladder trucks, 
one water-tower, 9 hose carriages, 
10 combination chemical and hose 
wagons. There are 314 fire alarm 
boxes, a large number in the cen- 
tral part of the city being key- 
less boxes. The headquarters of 
the department are in the Court 



House and City Hall building. 
There is a repair and machine shop 
in connection with the department, 
built on land adjoining House No. 
6, corner of 12th St. and 3rd Av. 
S. Here all repairs to. the appara- 
tus are done by a daily detail from 
each engine company in the city. 
The value of the fire department 
property is over $775,000. 

Pire Escapes. — A state law pro- 
vides for the erection of fire es T 
capes on all buildings of three 
stories or more, of a public nature 
or which are occupied at any time 
by a number of people either as 
employes, residents or guests. 
The provisions are clear and are 
enforced by the State Labor com- 
missioner. In addition, the city 
council is authorized to order spe- 
cial fire escapes on any class of 
buildings which are deemed espe- 
cially liable to fire or which are 
occupied in such a way as to cause 
special danger to human life in 
case of fire. 

Pire Insurance. — Rates of insur- 
ance are not excessive in Minne- 
apolis owing to competition, low 
fire losses, a good fire department, 
the extension of water mains and 
an adequate supply. Dwelling 
house rates range up from 30e 
per $100 according to exposure 
and risk. Fifty cents might be a 
fair average. Rates on business 
buildings and merchandise vary 
too much to approximate maxi- 
mum or minimum limits. The 
growth of the insurance business 
has been quite in keeping with 
the expansion of the city's inter- 
ests. In 1908 premiums were 
paid amounting to $1,698,771, and 
the losses were $1,186,075. 

Pire Limits. — Within prescribed 
limits surrounding the business 
center the construction or exten- 
sive repair of frame buildings is 
prohibited. This arrangement 

tends to build up the center of the 



city in a most substantial manner 
and materially lessens the danger 
from fire. 

First Baptist Church, — The larg- 
est church of the denomination in 
the Northwest and one of the most 
prominent in the country. Its 
building at the corner of 10th St. 
and Harmon PI. is conspicuous for 
its beauty of architecture and 
magnificence of interior fitting 
and decoration. The church was 
organized in 1853 and originally 
occupied a chapel at 3rd St. and 
Nicollet Av„ now the heart of the 
business center. Rev. Dr. W. B. 
Riley is pastor. 

First Congregational Church. — 
This title belongs to the organiza- 
tion whose handsome structure 
stands at the corner of 5th St. 
and 8th Av. S. E., not only because 
the first church of the denomina- 
tion organized in the city, but 
also the first in the state. The 
church was formed Nov. 16, 1851. 
The present edifice was erected at 
a 'cost of $76,000 and was dedicat- 
ed March 4, 1888. The building is 
a model church home in every way. 
(Como-Harriet or the Oak & Har- 
riet electric lines.) 

First National Bank. — The build- 
ing of the First National Bank at 
the corner of Fifth St. and First 
Av. S. was completed and occu- 
pied early in 1907. It is a notable 
addition to the bank and business 
architecture of the city. The 
building is 155 by 99 feet in ground 
area and the material employed in 
its construction is New Bedford 
limestone which distinguishes it 
in color effect from any of the 
nearby structures. The exterior 
of the building, although creating 
an impression of substantial solid- 
ity particularly appropriate in a 
structure of this character, is re- 
lieved of all severity by the grace- 
fulness of its lines. The building 
faces on Fifth street, with the 



39 FIR-FLO 

main entrance near the center of 
that side. The bank itself occu- 
pies the two-thirds of the building 
nearest First avenue S., the re- 
maining third being occupied by 
the Minneapolis Trust Company. 
The main banking room is the full 
height of the building and, in its 
beautiful lines, harmonious decor- 
ative scheme and handsome bronze 
and wood work, entirely fulfills 
the promise extended by the im- 
posing exterior of the building. 

First Unitarian Church. — The 

building at 8th St. and Mary PI. 
occupied by the first Unitarian 
Church is one of the most unique 
specimens of church architecture 
in the city. Within the building 
is as beautiful as upon the outside. 

Fishing*. — The lakes in the im- 
mediate vicinity of Minneapolis 
afford rather indifferent fishing, 
though a good string may some- 
times be taken from lakes within 
the city limits. There is good 
fishing in the more secluded parts 
of Lake Minnetonka and on small- 
er lakes at distances of from 15 
to 25 miles from the city. The 
black bass is the best game fish. 
Pickerel and croppies are next in 
interest, though catching them is 
far less exciting. A good day's 
sport may be had at Minnetonka 
or White Bear or at Lake Pulaski 
near Buffalo on the "Soo" line. For 
more extensive trips the railroad 
ticket offices should be consulted 
for information. The game laws 
prohibit fishing during March and 
April. 

Flats, The. (See West Side 
Flats.) 

Flats. (See Apartment Houses.) 

Florists. — Leading down town 
places are: Latham, 83 S. 10th 
St.; Swanson, 618 Nic; L. S. Don- 
aldson & Co., 6th and Nic: and 
Souden, Hennepin and 9th; Whit- 
led. 34 S. 5th St. 



FLO-FLO 



46 



Flour and Plour Mills. — Proba- 
bly the strongest influence in giving 
Minneapolis a world wide fame has 
been her flour manufacturing in- 
dustry. Minneapolis flour is known 
in corners of the globe where defi- 
nite knowledge of any characteris- 
tic, or feature or condition of the 
town, except that it produces good 
flour, is altogether lacking. It is 
for this reason, if for no other, 
that Minneapolis finds the title of 
the Flour City particularly appro- 
priate. Flour milling has always 
been the city's chief industry. 
The unparalleled water power of 
St. Anthony's falls, together with 
the city's geographical position, 
have developed this industry from 
a clumsy mill of a few barrels 
capacity to a group of a score of 
great modern mills having a daily 
capacity of about 85,000 bbls.; 
and making Minneapolis the largest 
flour manufacturing city in the 
world. Since 1897 the annual out- 
put has exceeded 13,000,000 bar- 
rels. The influence of this enor- 
mous manufacturing business 
upon the general mercantile and 
commercial interests of the city 
has been profound. It has been 
the nucleus about which the other 
manufacturing and jobbing inter- 
ests have centered. It has devel- 
oped Minneapolis into a leading 
grain market of the country and 
the greatest primary wheat market 
in the world. Millions of dollars 
of capital have been attracted to 
the city to engage either in milling 
or grain dealing. Thousands of 
people are employed either direct- 
ly or indirectly, in transacting 
business created by the milling in- 
dustry. Railroads have been built 
to transport the manufactured 
product. The flour mills are clus- 
tered about the Falls of St. An- 
thony, all but four being on the 
west bank of the river and about 
six blocks from the business cen- 
ter. They are nearly all built of 
the lime stone which lies in vast 
ledges under the city. Architec- 



tural beauty has generally been 
subordinated to utility and sub- 
stantial qualities. Nearly all the 
mills are now provided with 
steam power for use during low 
water or when repairs of the ca- 
nals or sluice ways make it nec- 
essary to shut off the supply. The 
'west side milling district is an 
interesting locality and will well 
repay a visit. The mills stand on 
either side of 1st St. which is 
floored or bridged to cover the 
canal which supplies the various 
mills with power. Railroad tracks 
on high trestles, bring the wheat 
to the very doors of the mills, 
(the tracks run into the Wash- 
burn "A" mill) and the sacked or 
barrelled flour is loaded upon the 
cars with equal ease. A tour 
through one of the mills will trace 
the wheat through all its proc- 
esses until it emerges as the fin- 
est of white flour. Permits for 
trips thru the famous Washburn 
mills may be obtained at the of- 
fices of the Washburn-Crosby Co., 
in the Chamber of Commerce 
Bldg. All the mills are fitted 
with the latest modern roller 
process machinery. Some of the 
finest of the west side mills stand 
upon the ground once occupied 
by the old mills which were de- 
stroyed by the terrible flour dust 
explosion of 1878. Upon the new 
Washburn "A" mill is a stone 
tablet in memory of the 18 em- 
ployes who lost their lives at 
that time. 

About twenty years ago there 
developed a marked tendency to 
consolidation of the milling inter- 
ests. The first move was the 
formation of the Pillsbury-Wash- 
burn Flour Mills Company in 1889 
to control the great properties of 
the firm of Chas. A. Pillsbury & 
Co., and others. English capital- 
ists became largely interested in 
this deal. Early in 1891 five 
more mills joined forces under 
the name of The Northwestern 
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Since GOLD MEDAL FLOUR occupies a most important pa 
flour users generally, will be interested to see a picture of the Was 

The daily capacity of this plant, which is the largest in the v 
on 23,000 farms of 160 acres each is ground into the best flour on e 
and 175 cars of flour and feed shipped out of the Washburn-Crosb\ 
the product of these mills . 

The great grain fields of the west are at the very threshold o 
fresh and free from the dust of long travel. But even so, nothing 
scouring process to which each grain is subjected, insures to the u 
tarn. Merit, quality and economy to the purchaser is the policy 
cessful is evidenced by the fact that for years the Washburn Crosb 

It will indeed pay any visitor to Minneapolis to call at these i 
MEDAL brand means to the Washburn Crosby Co. 




upplying the world with pure food, every housewife, as well as 
L-Crosby Co. Mills, where GOLD MEDAL FLOUR is made. ^ 
is 40,000 barrels. Each year the equivalent of all the wheat raised 
Every working day approximately 175 cars of wheat are consumed 
. More than 12,000,000 loaves of bread can be made daily from 

magnificent plant and furnish a never-ending supply of wheat, 
ft to chance and a perfect system, including the washing and 
>f GOLD MEDAL the sweetest and cleanest flour possible to ob- 
l forms the foundation of this great business. That it is suc- 
have been the largest flour manufacturers in the world, 
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Later this company leased three 
mills which formerly belonged to 
the Minneapolis Flour Manufac- 
turing Company. Through this 
period of consolidation the Wash- 
burn-Crosby Co., the company 
now having the greatest capacity 
of any milling concern in the 
world, remained intact, progress- 
ing steadily until the enormous 
record of its present day opera- 
tions had been reached. These 
various changes brought the 
great flour producers into the fol- 
lowing groups : 

Flour Mills and Daily Capacity. 

Washburn-Crosby Co. 

Daily Capacity 
Bbls. 

Washburn A 10,337 

Washburn B 3,199 

Washburn C 9,000 

Washburn D 2,915 

Washburn E 2,964 

Washburn F 650 

Buffalo Mill 9,500 

Louisville Mill 2,100 

40,665 
Pillsbury- Washburn Flour Mills 
Co., Ltd. 

Pillsbury A 17,000 

Pillsbury B 7,000 

Anchor 3,500 

Palisade 4,000 

Lincoln (at Anoka) 1,700 

33,200 
Northwestern Consolidated Milling 
Co. 

A . .3,500 

B 2.500 

C 2,500 

D 2,700 

E 2,100 

F 3,300 

H 1,000 

17,600 

Cataract; Barber 

Milling Co 1,300 

Phoenix; Phoenix 

Mill Co 600 

Dakota; National 

Milling Co 600 

Christian, G. C 2,000 

Russell-Miller Mill- 
ing Co 2,500 

The total capacity of the Minne- 



41 FLO-FOR 

apolis flour mills is about 87,000 
barrels. 

The mills employ about 2,000 
men in the manufacturing depart- 
ments. Following are the outputs 
and exports since 1890: 

Output, Exports, 

barrels. barrels. 

1890 6,988,830 2,107,125 

1891 7,877,947 3,038,065 

1892 9,750,470 3,337,205 

1893 9,377,635 2,877,277 

1894 9,400,535 2,370,756 

1895 10,581,635 3,080,935 

1896 12,874,890 3,717,265 

1897... 13,625,205 3,942,630 

1898 14,232,595 3,994,395 

1899 14,291,780 4,009,135 

1900 15,082,725 4,702,485 

1901 16,021,880 3,879,905 

1902 16,260,105 3,410,405 

1903 15,582,785 3,081,115 

1904 13,652,735 1,741,120 

1905 14,366,095 2,188,775 

1906 13,825,795 2,425,035 

1907 13,660,465 2,349,540 

1908 13,694,895 2,121,255 

(See Water Power, Grain, etc.) 

Plour Barrels. (See Cooperage.) 

Flour City, The. — A popular so- 
briquet for Minneapolis, originat- 
ing, of course, in her reputation 
as a milling center. 

Port Snelling\— In 1819 the Unit- 
ed States government established 
a military post at the mouth . of 
the Minnesota river. This sub- 
sequently became Fort Snelling 
and has been maintained ever 
since as a military station. The 
location is equidistant from Min- 
neapolis and St. Paul. The old 
fort buildings and the modern bar- 
racks, supply buildings and quar- 
ters stand on a high bluff overlook- 
ing the gorge of the Mississippi 
and the valley of the Minnesota. 
It is a most picturesque site. The 
largest garrison in the Northwest 
is maintained and the daily drill 
is one of the sights for visitors 
at the fort. The Fort Snelling 
reservation comprises about 2,000 
acres. 

A pleasant way to visit the fort 



FOW-FUE 42 

is by carriage, automobile or bi- 
cycle via Minnehaha Av. and the 
Falls and returning on the east 
side of the river or over the same 
route. Fort Snelling may be 
reached by electric line, (an exten- 
sion of the Minnehaha line) and 
the falls and the fort may be vis- 
ited in the course of a single ex- 
cursion of a few hours. 
(See map opposite.) 

Fowler Methodist Church. — Cor- 
ner of S. Dupont Av. and Franklin 
Av. Its new building recently 
completed is deemed one of the 
handsomest church buildings in 
the city. Rev. Jas. S. Montgomery 
is pastor. 

Franklin Steele Square. — Be- 
tween Portland and 5th Avs. S., 
and lGth and 17th Sts. It was 
presented to the city, by heirs of 
the late Franklin Steele. (See 
Park System.) 

Freight Depots. — The freight 
depots of the various railways en- 
tering the city are situated as fol- 
lows: 

Chicago, Bur. & Northern. — Cor. 
4th Av. N. and 3rd St. 

Chicago, Mil. & St. P. — Cor. 3rd 
Av. S. and 2nd St. 

Chicago, Rock Id. & Pac. — Cor. 
4th St. and 8th Av S. 

Chicago, St. P., Mpls. & Omaha. 
— Cor. 4th Av. N. and River St. 

Chicago, Great Western. — Cor. 
Washington and 10th Aves. S. 

Great Northern. — Cor. 4 th A v. 
N. and Washington. 

Minneapolis, St. P. & Sault Ste. 
Marie. — Cor. 5th Av. N'. and 2d St. 

Minneapolis & St. Louis. — Cor. 
4th Av. N. and 4th St. 

Northern Pacific — Cor. 7th Av. 
N. and 1st St. 

Wisconsin Central. — Bridge 
Square. 

Fruit. — -Minneapolis is one of 
the largest 'fruit markets in the 
west; in fact the largest, with the 



exception of Chicago. An enor- 
mous business has grown up in 
handling fruit on commission. The 
shipments come from the far 
South, California and foreign 
countries, and during the summer 
season from the surrounding 
states. The center of the fruit 
trade is 2nd Av. N. and 6th St. 

Fuel. — Water transportation via 
the great lakes and the lumber 
sawing industry of the city have 
solved the fuel problem for Min- 
neapolis. Anthracite coal is gen- 
erally used for heating purposes. 
It is shipped by the lakes in sum- 
mer, and in the Minneapolis mar- 
ket retails for from $6.50 to $9 per 
ton. Soft coals are used in con- 
siderable quantities for generating 
steam and occasionally for do- 
mestic purposes. The popular do- 
mestic fuel is the refuse of the 
saw mills — locally styled "mill 
wood." This is pine wood and of 
varying thickness. It is usually 
sorted into three grades, "gang" 
(thin strips, not often more than 
an inch in thickness), "mixed" 
(containing a fair proportion of 
slabs), and "slab" (heavy slabs 
which require splitting before 
burning). The "slab" is the most 
substantial and consequently the 
most valuable of the three grades, 
the "gang" naturally burning out 
very rapidly. Dry mill wood is 
sold by fuel dealers for from $1.75 
to $3 per load according to grade 
and quality. Three loads about 
equal two cords. During the sum- 
mer, while the saw mills are in 
operation the mill wood may be 
obtained "green" (wet from the 
mills) for from 60c to $1.50 per 
load according to grade and dis- 
tance hauled. This will dry suffi- 
ciently in a few weeks, if left 
scattered, or may be piled for use 
in winter or following spring. Of 
hard woods maple ranges from 
$5.50 to $9; and oak from $4.50 to 
$7, and are usually in fair supply. 
Mill wood and anthracite coal 



43 




FUR-GAS 44 

were long- regarded as the most 
economical fuels for ordinary fam- 
ily use, but gas is growing more 
popular every year. (See Gas.) 

Furnished Rooms. — The practice 
of renting furnished rooms is very 
common in Minneapolis. Cards 
announcing- "furnished rooms" are 
displayed with as much nonchal- 
ance as was exhibited by the fa- 
mous Mrs. Bardell and her prefer- 
ence for "single gentlemen," seems 
to have descended to the whole 
race of room renters. Almost any 
quality of accommodations may be 
secured in any locality in the city. 
As a rule the quieter and more 
desirable places are those which 
do not hang out a permanent sign 
or even put a card in the window. 
Advertising- in the "want" columns 
of the daily papers is a favorite, 
and perhaps the best way, of se- 
curing a lodger or a room. Prices 
range from $5 to $20 or more per 
month for single rooms, and in- 
definitely more for suites or apart- 
ments according to quality an^ lo- 
cation. Transient lodgers can find 
accommodations at any of the Eu- 
ropean plan hotels or the array of 
cheap lodging houses whose prices 
run all the way down to 10c per 
night. It is well to be sure of the 
character of the cheaper places be- 
fore taking- up a temporary abode 
within their walls. 

Furniture. — The manufacture of 
furniture and its distribution from 
the factories and through jobbing 
houses, has become one of the 
most important industries of the 
city. Including factories in and 
about the city and wholesale 
houses, there are fully forty im- 
portant concerns in the business 
and ' the annual sales reach 
five or six million dollars. Manu- 
facturing includes the usual gen- 
eral lines of furniture as well as 
a number of concerns making spe- 
cial lines, such as iron and brass 
beds, bedding', wire mattresses, 






parlor furniture, desks, etc. Min- 
neapolis is also the market for the 
product of several large factories 
at outside towns which keep their 
goods on sale here and ship large 
quantities here for distribution. 
The city is easily the most im- 
portant furniture market west of 
Chicago and one of the leading 
furniture manufacturing cities of 
the country. 

Garbage. (See Ashes.) 

Gas. — Consumers of gas are 
supplied by the Minneapolis Gas 
Light Company; a corporation 
having the exclusive right to lay 
gas mains in the streets of the 
city. The price of gas is $1.20 per 
thousand feet, with a discount of 
20 cents per thousand if paid on or 
before the 10th day of each month 
— bills being due on the 1st. This 
practically amounts to a $1.00 
rate. 

When it is desired to have prem- 
ises connected with the gas mains, 
the owner of the property or his 
agent must make application in 
writing at the office of the Gas 
Company. The Gas Light Com- 
pany taps the main, lays the pipe 
from thence into the building, puts 
in the necessary stop cock and 
supplies the meter and connec- 
tions. As no charge is made for 
this, except for a distance beyond 
30 feet from the lot line, the pipes, 
etc., remain the property of the 
Company and must not be dis- 
turbed, disconnected or removed 
without permission. When gas is 
desired to be used, the party who 
is to become responsible for the 
payment of the bills must make 
application in writing- at the office 
of the Company, upon blanks pro- 
vided for the purpose. The Gas 
Light Company owns all meters 
and they are never sold, but loaned 
to consumers. When the gas 
meter is placed, no person other 
than an employe of the Company 
is permitted to remove or detach 



it. All meters are thoroughly in- 
spected and their accuracy proved 
before being placed in use. Every 
meter is periodically examined and 
tested for accuracy. Consumers 
should learn to read their meters. 
They can then compare the read- 
ings with their gas bills as pre- 
sented monthly. Full instructions 
for reading meters and the man- 
agement of gas both for illumina- 
tion and fuel, may be had at the 
office of the Company. The Com- 
pany also keeps a large stock of 
gas ranges, heaters, lamps, burners 
and various accessories for the 
benefit of its patrons. 

Pre-payment meters are sup- 
plied to consumers by the Gas 
Company when desired. The pre- 
payment meter is the ordinary 
meter with a mechanical attach- 
ment so regulated that gas to the 
value of 25c or more may be pur- 
chased at one time. These meters 
are furnished by the Company 
without extra cost to the con- 
sumer. To operate the meter de- 
posit a perfect 25-cent piece in the 
place provided for receiving the 
same (see left side of meter) ; 
this permits the turning of the 
handle or knob which opens a 
valve, permitting gas to pass to 
the value of the coin deposited. A 
dial or pointer on the front of the 
meter marks the amount of the 
purchase and indicates at all times 
the amount of gas paid for and un- 
used. When all the gas paid for 
is nearly consumed, the supply 
gradually diminishes, the lights 
grow lesser, and warning is thus 
given in time to visit the meter 
and deposit more coins. The total 
amount of gas used from time to 
time is recorded upon the main 
index, as upon an ordinary meter, 
and consumers can keep the same 
supervision over the amount con- 
sumed. The gas is sold and de- 
livered through these meters at 
the net selling price and the 
monthly presentation of gas bills 
becomes unnecessary. 



45 GET-GOV 

The Company has about 300 
miles of pipes laid in the city 
streets. Its works are situated 
at the foot of 14th Av. S„ where 
they cover several acres. Visit- 
ors are allowed to inspect them 
and may secure permits upon ap- 
plication to the general office. 

The Company completed in the 
spring of 1903 one of the hand- 
somest office buildings in the city. 
It is on 7th St. near Hennepin and 
in it are the general offices, the 
salesrooms for gas stoves and 
ranges, heaters, etc., and store 
rooms for these and other supplies. 
The building is of brick and terra 
cotta, classical in architectural 
style and is finished within in mar- 
ble, dark woods and tasteful dec- 
oration. 

Gethsemane Episcopal Church. 
— This Church was organized in 
1856 and was for many years in 
charge of the late Bishop David 
B. Knickerbacker. The present 
church edifice at the corner of 4th 
Av. S. and 9th St. was erected 
about twenty-five years ago. Rev. 
Irving P. Johnson is rector. 

Glenwood Park extends from 
Western Av. south to Superior Av., 
is irregular in shape, and its sur- 
face is greatly diversified. Within 
its boundaries are some of the high- 
est points of land in Hennepin 
county, and hidden among these 
hills lies a beautiful sheet of wa- 
ter covering an area of about six 
acres. The park contains about 
170 acres. Western Av. & 2d St. 
line to Western Av. terminus; 
walk 1 mile. (See Park System.) 

Government. — Powers of admin- 
istration of municipal affairs are 
vested in a mayor, council and 
several "boards." The duties of 
the latter relate of course to the 
various departments such as 
schools, parks, library, etc., and 
they act independently of the 
council. The mayor has little di- 



GOV-GRA 

rect appointive power. His largest 
power in any one direction is in 
the police department, of which 
he is virtually head. Mayor, 
comptroller, treasurer and the 
members of the city council are 
elected directly by the vote of the 
people. The council which is com- 
posed of two aldermen from each 
ward, appoints a city clerk, en- 
gineer, attorney, health officer, 
chief of fire department, superin- 
tendent of water works and most 
of the minor officers. The council 
also has power to issue bonds, to 
appropriate funds for various uses, 
to order and direct all pufilic 
works, license and restrict liquor 
traffic and generally to look after 
the maintenance of good order in 
the city. Ordinances may be 
passed over the mayor's veto by a 
two-thirds vote. The city engi- 
neer has general charge of the 
sewers, bridges, construction of 
water works, and the direction and 
supervision of street and sidewalk 
improvements. The president of 
the council appoints annually, 
committees on health, sewers, 
streets, bridges, gas, fire depart- 
ment, ordinances, ways and means, 
etc., whose business it is to con- 
sider all matters pertaining to 
these subjects and recommend ac- 
tion on the part of the council. 

Boards. — The Library Board 
consists of the mayor, president 
of the board of education, presi- 
dent of the state university and 
six members elected by two's at 
the regular city elections for 
terms of six years. This board 
has full power to perform all acts 
necessary to the establishment 
and maintenance of public libra- 
ries, reading rooms, art galleries, 
etc. The school board consists of 
seven members elected by the peo- 
ple for three-year terms. This 
board has entire control of the 
public schools. More extensive 
powers are vested in the park 
board. It may condemn land for 
public parks, assess the cost upon 



46 



benefitted property, enter upon en- 
tire control of streets (with con- 
sent of the council) and issue 
bonds for park purposes. The city 
treasurer is custodian of the funds 
of all these boards and the city 
comptroller must sign all war- 
rants. Maximum limits for the 
tax for every fund are established 
by charter and the board of tax 
levy reduces the figures as much 
as possible. Embraced in the 
membership of the board of health 
are the mayor, committee on 
health and hospitals of the city 
council and a health officer ap- 
pointed by the council. 

An account of the functions of 
the municipal court will be found 
under that head. The city coun- 
cil attends to the supervision of 
buildings, plumbing, street light- 
ing, meats and food, weights and 
measures through inspectors and 
superintendents. A board of 
charities and corrections looks 
after the poor, the city hospital 
and the workhouse. (See City 
Officials.) 



Government Building-. 

Post Office.) 



(See 



Government Locks and Dams. — 
The U. S. government has under 
development a system of slack 
water navigation which will make 
the Mississippi river easily navi- 
gable, at all stages of water, to 
the landing at Minneapolis. A 
lock and dam has already been 
completed near the Lake Street 
bridge and another is in course 
of construction near Minnehaha 
creek. The completed lock may be 
reached by the Selby-Lake electric 
line. 

Grain Commission. (See Com- 
mission Merchants and Grain 
Trade. ) 

Grain Inspection. — The official 
inspection of all grain arriving in 
Minneapolis is made by the depu- 



ties of the state grain inspector. 
These men visit the railroad yards 
each morning", take samples of 
newly arrived bulk grain, and pre- 
pare certificates of inspection and 
grade for the consignees. For this 
service a fee of 20c per car load is 
charged and the same rate is au- 
thorized on grain loaded out of an 
elevator. Sampling is done by 
means of pointed and closed tubes 
about four feet long with a cavity 
near the lower end which may be 
opened when thrust deep into the 
bulk grain, thus securing a sample 
from the bottom of the car, and 
preventing the possibility of 
fraud. Scales are also provided 
for weighing the samples and thus 
determining the weight per bushel. 
Much the larger part of the in- 
spectors' work is, of cour&e, in 
wheat. Great care and good judg- 
ment are necessary to make just 
inspection on the endless variety 
of wheat received. The estab- 
lished, grades are No. 1 Hard 
Spring Wheat, No. 1 Northern 
Spring Wheat, No. 2 Northern 
Spring Wheat, No. 3 Spring Wheat, 
No. 4 Spring Wheat, Rejected 
Spring Wheat, three grades of 
White Winter Wheat, four grades 
of Hard Winter Wheat, three 
grades of Red Winter Wheat, 
four grades of Durum Wheat. 
and four grades of Velvet Chaff 
Wheat. The spring wheat is the 
most common but sometimes it 
comes in such condition as to 
make the distinction between the 
grades very fine. Corn. oats, 
rye and barley all have their 
various grades. 

Grain Trade. — Minneapolis is 
the grain market of the North- 
west. Her water power and flour 
mills early attracted the scattered 
produce of Minnesota and Dakota 
in frontier days, and with the gi- 
gantic development of both agri- 
cultural and milling interests in 
the past two decades, their rela- 
tive positions have been main- 



47 GRA-GRA 

tained. Wheat is the chief cereal 
product of Minnesota and the Da- 
kotas and it is of course, the lead- 
ing article of merchandise in the 
grain trade. Other cereals are 
handled in great quantities; but 
wheat so far eclipses them as to 
make their really creditable bulk 
appear insignificant. No. 1 hard 
wheat and Minneapolis flour 
ground tharefrom have a reputa- 
tion around the world. The busi- 
ness of handling the vast bulk of 
wheat, amounting to about ninety 
millions of bushels in a year, is 
one of the most important ele- 
ments in the city's prosperity. It 
employs an enormous capital and 
an army of men, not only in the 
offices of the commission mer- 
chants, and elevator companies in 
the city, but in , the hundreds of 
elevators along the diverging lines 
of railway. The details of the 
grain trade are very interesting. 
Every railroad station through 
Minnesota and the Dakotas has its 
elevator or grain warehouse. 
Some of these were built by pri- 
vate parties, others by the rail- 
roads to accommodate traffic, and 
many by corporations or "elevator 
companies" having headquarters in 
Minneapolis. From these local 
elevators the farmers ship to com- 
mission firms in the city or sell 
direct to the agents of the grain 
dealers. 

"Nearly all the money paid for 
grain in the interior is sent from 
this city by the elevator companies 
and to their agents in the coun- 
try. Thus, Minneapolis is not only 
the market to which the grain is 
shipped, and where it is sold, but 
the financial center from which 
the money is sent out to purchase 
and move the grain crops of the 
Northwest." 

When the wheat arrives in the 
city it must ordinarily be stored 
soon after inspection. (See Gbain 
Inspection.) To accommodate the 
vast quantity often received in a 
very short space of time, a very 



GRO-HAC 

large elevator capacity is required. 
(See Elevators.) The weekly re- 
ceipts are frequently several mil- 
lion bushels when the new crop is 
moving and at that season, Octo- 
ber and November, the grain trade 
is at its liveliest. The rush of 
wheat to the city is sometimes so 
great that the railroad yards are 
blockaded and enough cars to 
handle the wheat can not be ob- 
tained. The millers buy either "on 
track," or in storage, from the 
commission men or elevator lines"*; 
but many of them control elevator 
lines of their own and buy direct 
from the producers. Millers are 
also largely interested in the great 
storage elevators in Minneapolis. 
The commission men receive one 
cent per bushel for receiving and 
selling wheat, barley and rye; and 
y 2 c for corn and oats. In lots of 
5,000 bu. or more a uniform rate 
of V2C per bushel is charged for 
buying and shipping, the receiv- 
ing commission being charged for 
lesser amounts. 

Minneapolis is the largest pri- 
mary wheat market in the world. 
The following comparative table 
shows the receipts and shipments 
last year at the principal primary 
points: 

Bushels. 

Minneapolis 91,739,900 

"Duluth 53,890.800 

New York 27,797,800 

Chicago 21,168,440 

Buffalo 63,857,080 

Kansas City . .. 40,131,300 

The flour mills formerly con- 
sumed nearly all of the wheat re- 
ceived in the city. More recently 
a shipping demand has arisen and 
now Minneapolis supplies hun- 
dreds of millers in the neighbor- 
ing states, and as far east as In- 
diana and Ohio. The shipments 
average about 20,000,000, bushels 
per year. 

The entire receipts of grain in 
Minneapolis for the year 1908 
were 146,190,450 bu. In this was 
included 12,000,000 bu. of flax 
seed, a large part of which was 



48 



made into linseed oil at Minne- 
apolis, this being the principal 
manufacturing point in the coun- 
try for that article. Minneapolis 
is also the leading market in the 
country for barley and received 
over 18,000,000 bu. last year. (See 
Flour and Flour Mills and Ele- 
vators.) 

Growth. (See Population.) 

Guaranty Building*. — (See Met- 
ropolitan Life Building.) 

Hack Fares. — Always have a 
distinct understanding with a hack 
or cab driver before entering the 
vehicle. The legal rates are clear- 
ly defined in the following con- 
densation from the city ordinance: 

One passenger not exceeding 1 
mile, 50 cents. 

Over 1 mile and not exceeding 
1 V 2 miles, 75 cents. 

Over iy 2 miles and not exceed- 
ing 2 miles, $1. 

Each mile or fraction .over 2 
miles, 25 cents. 

Each additional passenger of 
same party, without regard to dis- 
tance, 50 cents. 

Children between 5 and 14, half 
price; under 5 years, no charge. 

Use of carriage by hour, with 
one or more passengers, with priv- 
ilege of going from place to place, 
and stopping as often as may be 
required: 

First hour, $1.50. For each ad- 
ditional hour or part of an hour, 
$1. 

The use of any cab or other ve- 
hicle drawn by one horse, by 
hour; first hour $1. Each addi- 
tional hour or part of hour $1. 

Any passenger shall be allowed 
to have conveyed, without extra 
charge, his ordinary traveling bag- 
gage, not exceeding one trunk and 
25 pounds of other baggage. Every 
additional package, where the 
whole weight of baggage is over 
100 pounds 50 cents. 

Hacks may be found at the rail- 
road depots, the leading hotels and 
at the American District Tele- 
graph Company's office, Cor. 4th 
St. and Nicollet Av. Hacks and 



When You Serve Your Friends a Dinner Piping Hot 




A suggestian of what it is possible to accomplish with the 
new modern gas range which is on display at our salesrooms. 

MINNEAPOLIS GAS LIGHT CO. 



coupes are also to be had at the 
leading livery stables. 

l^ollowing are trre hack stands 
established by city ordinance: 

2nd St, bet. Hennepin Av. and 
Nicollet Av. 

Hennepin Av. bet. Washington 
Av. and 3rd St.; bet. 2nd St. and 
Washington Av. 

Nicollet Av. bet. Washington Av. 
and 3rd St. 

3rd St. from Hennepin Av. to 1st 
Av. N. 

Washington Av. southeast of 3rd 
Av. S. (C, M. & St. P. R. R. sta- 
tion.) 

Washington Av. bet. 3rd Av. N. 
and 4th Av. N. (Mpls. & St. Louis 
Ry. station.) 

6th St. bet. Nicollet Av. and 1st 
Av. S. 

University Av. bet. Central Av. 
and 1st Av. N. E. 

At all railroad depots, 10 min- 
utes previous to the arrival of all 
passenger trains. 

At all theatres and other places 
of public amusement, 15 minutes 
before the conclusion of any per- 
formance. 

(See Liveey.) 

Halls. — Minneapolis is well sup- 
plied with public halls. 

For large summer gatherings 
the Amphitheater at the State 
Fair grounds is available. It will 
hold 25,000 people. 

A magnificent Auditorium was 
erected during 1904 by the North- 
western National Life Insurance 
Company of Minneapolis, at the 
corner of Nicollet Av. and 11th St. 
It is fire-proof and seats about 
2,500 people. (See Auditorium.) 

Masonic Temple Hall in the 
temple at the corner of 6th St. and 
Hennepin Av. will seat perhaps 
900. 

The University of Minnesota 
Chapel in the library building, and 
the armory building, are used for 
gatherings connected with the in- 
stitution. 

The new Armory of the National 
Guard has a large floor space and 
is used for gatherings for which 
it may be suitable. Kenwood Park- 
way near Lyndale. 

The Assembly Room at the city 
hall will accommodate a gathering 
of about 500. 



49 HAL-HAN 

At the Handicraft Guild Bldg., 
89 S. 10th St., there is a beautiful 
small assembly room, seating 350 
people. 

The Y. M. C. A. Bldg., 10th St. 
and Mary Place, has a hall which 
seats 600 people. 

There is an excellent hall at 
the Minneapolis School of Music 
Bldg. on 8th St. at Mary Place, 
which is used for concerts and 
select gatherings. 

Hamline University. — Establish- 
ed in 1854 by the Methodist de- 
nomination. The buildings are at 
Hamline, midway between St. Paul 
and Minneapolis. The school is 
for both sexes. Rev. Dr. G. H. 
Bridgeman is president. The col- 
lege has always received liberal 
support from Minneapolis. (Min- 
neapolis & St. Paul electric cars.) 

Handicraft Guild. — An institu- 
tion which is doing excellent and 
efficient work in art as applied to 
crafts. In its new building at 89 
S. 10th St. it conducts a "school 
of design applied to crafts" and 
maintains salesrooms and a per- 
manent exhibit of choice hand 
wrought articles. Instruction is 
given in pottery making, metal 
work, leather work, bookbinding, 
wood-work, wood carving, wood- 
block printing, water color, etc. 
Winter and summer terms are held 
and well attended. The attractive 
guild house is open to visitors 
daily from nine to six o'clock and 
is well worth visiting by all inter- 
ested in art or the improvement of 
the crafts. On the second floor is 
a well appointed assembly hall 
seating 350 people which is avail- 
able for lectures, concerts and so- 
cial gatherings. There is also a 
tea room, open to the public, 
where lunch is served during the 
noon hour and afternoon tea until 
five o'clock. The officers are: M. 
Emma Roberts, president; Flor- 
ence D. Willets, vice president; 
Florence Wales, secretary and 
treasurer. 



HAR-HEl 50 

Hardware. — Minneapolis has an 
extensive jobbing- trade in hard- 
ware, this being- one of the lines 
in which the city leads in the 
northwest. Prominent retail stores 
are W. K. Morison & Co., 247 
Nicollet Av; Warner Hardware 
Co., 13 S. 6th St.; Gardner Hard- 
ware Co., 304 Hennepin av 

Health. — Minneapolis is regard- 
ed as one of the healthiest cities 
in the country. The climate is 
exceptionally favorable to those 
threatened with lung troubles. A 
careful sanitary regulation is re- 
moving such objectionable fea- 
tures as are often dangerous in 
newer cities and public opinion 
supports the city government in 
the extension of sanitary mea- 
sures. There is an elaborate sewer 
system and an abundant water 
supply. The death rate in 1907 
was 8.56 in a thousand. (See 
Health Department, Vital Statis- 
tics, Hospitals, etc., etc.) 

Health Department. — The De- 
partment of Health consists of the 
mayor, the committee on health 
and hospitals of the city council, 
and the health commissioner who 
is elected by the city council. It 
is an executive body, with power 
to enforce all laws pertaining to 
matters of sanitation and health, 
and the health commissioner is the 
representative official in all such 
action. A series of rules and reg- 
ulations are issued by the board 
for the direction of its medical 
and sanitary inspectors and for 
the guidance of the public. These 
rules embrace the subjects of Food 
and Water Inspection, Nuisance 
and House Inspection, Diseased 
and Dead Animals, Scavenger 
Service, Human Contagious Dis- 
eases, Deaths, and Burials and 
Disinterments. The inspectors are 
to keep the city clean, to exclude 
refuse from the alleys, to abate 
the practice of throwing- waste 
material upon the surface of the 



soil, to secure the removal of gar- 
bage and manure and the regular 
cleansing of vaults and cesspools. 
Owners, rather than tenants, are 
held responsible for nuisances and 
unsanitary conditions, and are li- 
able to fine if notices from the 
health department requiring abate- 
ment are not heeded. Houses are 
also inspected at any time upon 
request. Cases of small pox are 
usually removed to the quarantine 
hospital which is on the outskirts 
of the city west of Lake Calhoun. 
The office of the board is on the 
fourth floor of the city hall. (See 
Vital Statistics.) 

Hebrew Synagogues. — The syna- 
gogues of the Hebrews of Minne- 
apolis are as follows: 

Adath Yeshrum (Orthodox). — 
9th St. bet. 11th and 12th Aves. S. 

Anshei Tavrig (Orthodox ) . — 601 

N. 4th St. 

Aghidas Ackim (Orthodox). — 
1820 17th Av. S. 

Bnai Aaron (Orthodox). — Cor. 
Aldrich and 8th Aves. N. 

Kennesseth Israel (Orthodox). 
— Cor. Colfax and 35th Aves. N. 

Mikro Kohdesh (Orthodox). — 
Oak Lake and 8th Av. N. 

Nachlas Israel (Orthodox). — 
Cor. Colfax and 35th Aves. N. 

Roumanian (Orthodox). — 314 
15th Av. S. 

Temple Shaari Tov (Reformed*. 
—Cor. 5th Av. S. and 10th St. 



Heig-ht of Building's. — Court 
House tower to top of flagstaff, 40*0 
feet; Metropolitan Life building- to 
top of tower, 218 feet; New York 
Life building. 140 feet; Lumber 
Exchange, 137 feet; West Hotel, 
128 feet; new Donaldson building, 
150 feet; Andrus building, 141 feet; 
Security Rank building. 136 feet; 
International Stock Food Co. build- 
ing tower, 2 40 feet; Washburn "C" 
elevator, highest building in mill- 
ing; district, 200 feet, 



Hennepin Avenue. — One of the 

main thoroughfares of the city. 
Its course is southwest from the 
Mississippi river, where it joins 
Nicollet Av., to 28th St. where it 
turns due south. From the river 
to 10th St. it is 100 feet wide. 
From Lyndale Av. to Lake St. it 
is known as Hennepin Boulevard. 
Among its prominent buildings are 
the West hotel, Masonic Temple, 
Holmes hotel, Public Library, 
Lumber Exchange, Boston Blk., 
Temple Court and Nicollet House. 

Hennepin Ave. M, E, Church. — 
In 1875 Hennepin Avenue Metho- 
dist Church was organized with 
about ninety members. The first 
house of worship was a frame 
tabernacle at the corner of First 
Av. N. and Eighth St. and it was 
not until 1882 that the present 
structure at the corner of Henne- 
pin Av. and Tenth St. was erected. 
The original building cost $65,000, 
and it has been greatly improved 
since its erection. The site is one 
of the most eligible in the city. 
Hennepin Ave. M. E. Church early 
became one of the largest and 
most influential of the denomina- 
tion. Rev. Dr. Andrew Gillies is 
pastor. 

Hennepin County. — Minneapolis 
is the county seat and the only 
municipality of importance, in 
Hennepin county. The county 
takes its name from Father Hen- 
nepin, the explorer i^ho discovered 
the Falls of St. Anthony in 1680. 
Hennepin county was organized 
under an act of the territorial leg- 
islature in 1852. Its length from 
north to south is about 32 miles 
and from east to west 38 miles. 
The county is extremely irregular 
n boundary. Its surface is rolling 
and is diversified by about 100 
lakes, including the famous Min- 
netonka. 

Hennepin Island. — An irregular 
mass of rock and debris lying in 



51 HEN-HIS 

the Mississippi river at the Falls. 
It separates the east channel and 
water power from the west, or 
main channel, of the river. It was 
formerly crowded with mills. 

Higfh Bridge. — The term some- 
times used to designate the Chi- 
cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul rail- 
way bridge at the foot of E. 25th 
St. It crosses the deep gorge of 
the Mississippi at a height of 100 
feet or more above the water. 

High License. (See Saloons.) 



High Schools. 
Schools.) 



(See Public 



Historical. — In 1805 Lieut. Z. W. 
Pike obtained from the Sioux In- 
dians for the United States gov- 
ernment, a grant of land about St. 
Anthony Falls. This became a 
military reservation and was not 
open for settlement. In 1838 the 
territory on the east bank of the 
Mississippi was thrown open and 
Franklin Steele established the 
first claim and became the founder 
of the village of St. Anthony which 
afterwards became part of Minne- 
apolis. Mr. Steele established the 
first saw mill in 1848. The new 
town grew rapidly but was con- 
fined to the east bank of the river. 
The late Col. John H. Stevens, an- 
other pioneer, obtained, in 1849, 
permission to take up a farm on 
the west side. Within a few years 
the new settlement was larger 
than St. Anthony. It received the 
name of Minneapolis, which is a 
compound of the Dakota "minne" 
(water) and the Greek "polls" 
(city). From 1855 Minneapolis 
grew marvelously. The develop- 
ment of the lumber and flour in- 
dustries, stimulated by the inex- 
haustible water power brought in 
thousands of settlers. Railroad 
building was carried on actively 
after the war and in a few years 
Minneapolis found herself the dis- 
tributing point for one of the rich- 



HOL-HOS 52 

est farming countries in the world. 
In 1867 a city government was 
chartered and in 1872 St. Anthony 
was annexed. (See Population.) 

Holidays. — In Minnesota the us- 
ual holidays are: Sunday, New 
Years Day, Lincoln's Birthday 
(Feb. 12), Washington's Birthday 
(Feb. 22), Good Friday, Memorial 
Day (May 30), Independence Day 
(July 4), Labor Day, Election Day 
(general), Thanksgiving Day and 
Christmas Day. On these days the 
public offices and banks are closed. 

Holy Rosary Catholic Church — 
Was founded in 1878. Its fine 
building at 18th Av. S. and E. 24th 
St. was completed in 1888 at a 
cost (including the grounds and 
adjoining convent) of over $200,- 
000. Rev. J. D. Fowler is pastor. 

Homeopathic Medicine and Sur- 
gery, College of. (See University.) 

Hopkins. — A village southwest 
of the city on the Minneapolis & 
St. Louis Ry. H. & D. division of 
the C, M. & St. P. Ry., and the 
Great Northern Ry. Como-Hop- 
kins, the Minneapolis & Tonka Bay 
or the Minneapolis & Deephaven 
line. (See St. Louis Park.) 

Horses and Carriages. — Excep- 
tionally pleasant streets and rural 
drives have tended to encourage 
the keeping of horses. The cost of 
feed is low and repair bills need 
not be heavy. Among the well to 
do classes the "turnouts" are nu- 
merous and handsome. (See 
Drives, Livery and Hack Fares.) 

Horticultural Society, The State. 

— -An organization for the promo- 
tion of horticulture. A state in- 
stitution; the meetings are usual- 
ly held in Minneapolis. A. W. 
Latham, secretary. Kasota Bldg., 
Cor. 4th St. and Hennepin Av. 

Hospitals and Dispensaries. — 

In the absence, in early years, of 
any hospital under municipal man- 



agement private hospitals flour- 
ished and reached a peculiar de- 
gree of efficiency. Several have 
buildings specially adapted to their 
use, and the medical treatment and 
attention is usually of the best. 
Following is a list of the principal 
institutions of this class: 

Asbury Methodist Hospital and 
Rebecca Deaconess Home. — 9th 
Av. S. and 14th St. General. 

Bethany Home. — 3719 S. Bryant 
Av. For unfortunate women and 
their infants. Charitable. 

Christian Tuberculosis Camp. — 
46th Av. S. and Lake St. Semi- 
charitable. 

City Hospital. — 5th St. and 7th 
Av. S. Public. 

Hopewell Sanitarium. — Cam- 
den Place. Conducted by the city 
for early cases of tuberculosis. 

Lawrence Sanitarium, The. — 820 
E. 17th St. Dr. W. D. Lawrence, 
physician in chief. 

Maternity Hospital. — 2201 
Western Av. For women during 
confinement. 

Northwestern Lutheran Dea- 
coness Hospital. — 1417 E. 23rd St. 
General. 

Northwestern Hospital. — 2627 
Chicago Av. For women and chil- 
dren. Has a handsome brick build- 
ing erected for the purpose. Main- 
tains a Nurses' Training School. 

Quarantine Hospital. — Near 
Lake Calhoun. For contagious dis- 
eases. 

St. Mary's Hospital. — 2416 S. 
6th St. General. Under the man- 
agement of Catholic Sisterhood of 
St. Joseph. 

St. Barnabas Hospital. — 901 S. 
6th St. Receives all classes of pa- 
tients. Under management of 
Episcopal denomination. 

Swedish Hospital. — 723 10th Av. 
S. General. 

Thomas Memorial Hospital. — 
Riverside and 22nd Av. S. For ad- 
vanced consumptive cases. Under 
management of United Norwe- 
gian Church. 

University Free Dispensary. — 
Regular and Homeopathic. 1808- 
10 S. Washington Av. 



University of Minnesota Hos- 
pital. — 303 Washington Av. S. E. 
Free to indigent cases. 

Wells Memorial House Free 
Dispensary. — 116 N 11th St 

(See also Benevolent Societies 
and Institutions.) 

Hotels. — Minneapolis is well pro- 
vided with hotel accommodations. 
The city is equal to the task of 
entertaining enormous gatherings 
such as assemble during great 
conventions or at the time of the 
state fair or other public attrac- 
tions. From the great West hotel, 
whose elegance is famed through- 
out the country, the accommoda- 
tions range through a list of half 
a dozen or more finely kept hostel- 
ries to the ordinary ''dollar a day" 
house which abounds in the vi- 
cinity of the railroad depots. 
The European plan prevails. 
Prices at the better class of hotels 
vary from $1 to $3 per day as 
a minimum with an upward range 
for extra accommodations reach- 
ing $5 per day and sometimes 
more if the very best the house 
affords is wanted. When one ex- 
pects to remain several weeks or 
months much better terms may be 
secured and should always be bar- 
gained for in advance. Several ho- 
tels slightly removed from the 
business center derive a large 
share of their business from regu- 
lar boarders; still others farther 
out make hardly a pretense of re- 
ceiving transient guests. These are 
classed as family hotels. The lead- 
ing hotels are the West, Nicollet, 
Vendome, Hyser, Radisson and 
Dyckman. Following is a list of 
the principal hotels in the city 
with location: 

Allen. — Cor. 2d Av. S. and 3d 
St. 

Beaufort. — 112-16 S. 3rd St. 

Berkeley. — Cor. 1st Av. S. and 
13th St. 

Brunswick. — Cor. Hennepin Av. 
and 4th St. 



53 HOT-HOT 

Clinton. — Cor. 4th Av. S. and 
Grant St. 

Commercial. — 1 Central Av. 

Dyckman. — 6th St. near Nicol- 
let. 

French. — 43 Central Av. 

Glenwood. — 9 N. Washington 
Av. 

Golden West. — 301 S. Washing- 
ton Av. 

Hampshire Arms. — Cor. 4th Av, 
and 9th St. 

Hyser.— 406-8 Nicollet Av. 

Holmes. — 806-10 Hennepin Av. 

Landour. — 820 Nicollet Av. 

Majestic. — 10 S. 7th St. 

Maryland. — Vine PI. and Grant 
St. 

National. — 205 S. Washington. 
Av. 

New Albion. — 711 Nicollet. 

Nicollet. — Hennepin, Washing- 
ton and Nicollet Aves. 

Pauly. — Cor. Nicollet Av. and 
High St. 

Plaza. — Hennepin and Kenwood 
Parkway. 

Radisson. — 7th St., near Nicol- 
let. 

Revere. — 316 2d Av. S. 

Richmond. — 826 Nicollet Av. 

Rockingham. — 725 Hennepin Av. 

Rogers. — 25 to 29 S. 4th St. 

Rowe.— 1ZV 2 S. 4th St. 

Russell Coffee House. — 14-16 
S. 4th St. 

San Angelo. — 1221 Nicollet Av. 

Southern. — 822 4th Av. S. 

St. James. — Cor. Washington 
and 2nd Av. S. 

Stratford. — Nicollet and 12th 
St. 

Summers. — 4th Av. and 10th St. 

Tremont. — 400 6th Av. S. 

Van Eyce. — 1224 Nicollet Av. 

Vendome. — 19 S. 4th St 

Waverly. — 1107-1111 Harmon PI. 

West. — Cor. Hennepin Av. and 
5th St. 

Windom. — 119 Univ. Av. S. E. 

Windsor. — Cor. Washington Av. 
and 1st Av. N. 

Williston. — 5th Av. S. and 10th 
St. 



MOO-JOB 54 

House Moving". — The house mov- 
ing business is a recognized occu- 
pation and sometimes furnishes 
employment for a considerable 
number of men. A municipal 
ordinance prohibits the removal of 
a house from one point to another 
within the fire limits, and other 
wholesome restrictions are im- 
posed. (See Fire Limits.) 

Ice Yachting*. — This is a favorite 
amusement during the winter and 
at Minnetonka, Lake Calhoun, 
White Bear and other lakes near 
the city many fine ice yachts are 
owned. The Minnetonka Yacht 
Club has a club house at St. Louis 
Bay, and is a well established or- 
ganization. 

Immaculate Conception, Church 
of the. — The leading Catholic 
church of the city, Cor. 3rd Av. N. 
and 3rd St. Accommodates about 
2,000. (See Catholic Churches.) 

Improvement Associations. — 

Neighborhood organizations are 
maintained in many parts of the 
city with the object of securing 
local public improvements and 
maintaining a high standard in 
the upkeep of private property. 
The Minneapolis Joint Improve- 
ment Association is a central 
body through which all the local 
associations act together in mat- 
ters of interest to the whole city. 
W. M. Lawrence is president. 

Improvement League. — (See 
Civic Improvement League.) 

Industrial Education. — Manual 
training work is carried on at the 
high schools. The rooms are fitted 
with benches, tools and apparatus 
necessary for instruction and prac- 
tice in the departments of cabinet 
work, carving and metal work. 
The work is in the main simple 
and elementary, but pupils are ad- 
vanced rapidly, when they show 
proficiency, and many very credit- 
able and remarkable specimens of 



work are the result. In carpentry, 
cabinet making and wood carving 
the Minneapolis manual training 
schools lead the country. Boys 
frequently leave the workshops of 
the schools to engage in mechani- 
cal employment at good wages. 
On the other hand, the College of 
Mechanics' Arts (an account of 
which will be found under the 
heading University of Minnesota) 
offers to boys an opportunity for 
higher and more complete techni- 
cal education. (See Public 
Schools and Handicraft Guild.) 

Infirmaries. — (See Hosfitals and 
Asylums.) 

Insurance. — (See Fire Insur- 
ance.) 

Jail. — The county jail is in the 
upper story, or more properly the 
attic of the court house. It is one 
of a very few prisons constructed 
in tbe upper portion of a county 
building and has attracted much 
interest among officials. 

Jewelers. — The principal jewelry 
stores are on Nicollet Av. Large 
and magnificent stocks are car- 
ried, the display of gems, watches, 
silverware, fine pottery, cut glass, 
etc. being the equal of any city of 
this size in the country. Lead- 
ing jewelers are J. B. Hudson & 
Son, 519 Nicollet Av.; Eustis Bros., 
5 S. 7th St; White & MacNaught, 
506 Nicollet; S. Jacobs & Co., 524- 
26 Nicollet; WeM & Sons, 620 Nic- 
ollet. 



Jewish Synagogues. — (See 
brew Synagogues.) 



He- 



Jobbing Trade. — The growth of 
the wholesale trade of Minneapolis 
has been steady and in proportion 
to the development of the tributa- 
ry country. St. Paul formerly 
held a position in advance as a 
jobbing point, but now Minneapo- 
lis can boast of the largest whole- 
sale dry goods, grocery and hard- 



55 



ware establishments of the North- 
west. The volume of the jobbing 
trade including the wholesale mar- 
keting of the manufactures of the 
city is in excess of $200,000,000 
annually. Most of the wholesale 
establishments are situated on 2nd 
St., Washington Av., 3rd and 4th, 
5th and 6th Sts., and the inter- 
secting avenues between Hennepin 
Av. and 4th Av. N. The capital in- 
vested in the business is about 
$30,000,000. 

Kenilworth. — A sightly subur- 
ban region on the west shore of 
Lake of the Isles and immediately 
adjoining Kenwood on the south. 
It overlooks both Lake of the Isles 
and Cedar Lake — the prettiest of 
the group of lakes on the south- 
western border of the city. 
Reached by Kenwood & 8th St. S. 
E. electric line or by carriage or 
auto over Kenwood Parkway. 

Kenwood. — The name of a 
charming suburb lying between 
Cedar Lake and Lake of the Isles 
and about two and a half miles 
southwest of the center of the 
city. It is accessible by the Ken- 
wood & 8th St. S. E. electric line 
and by Kenwood Parkway. 

Kenwood Parkway. — The pleas- 
antest drive to the lakes. It com- 
mences at Hennepin Av. opposite 
Loring Park and extends one and 
one-half miles to Lake of the Isles 
boulevard. (See Park System.) 

Kindergartens. — Numerous kin- 
dergartens are maintained in vari- 
ous parts of the city. They are 
frequently connected with the 
church organizations, while others 
are independent. The public 
schools maintain 5 kindergartens, 
at the Sheridan, Monroe, Cal- 
houn, Blaine and Madison schools. 
A Normal school for Kindergart- 
ners is under the management of 
Miss Stella Louise Wood, 307 S. 
9th St. 



KEN-LAK 

Knit Q-oods. — Minneapolis is one 
of the leading producers of knit 
goods in the United States. A 
single establishment, the North- 
western Knitting Company, is the 
largest manufacturer in the coun- 
try of knit underwear sold under 
the maker's brand or name. A 
new six story mill, completed and 
occupied in 1907, has doubled the 
capacity of the factory and has 
made it possible to produce 20,- 
000 completed garments per day. 
or more than 6,000,000 knit gar- 
ments per year. Other factories 
produce sweaters, hosiery and 
knit specialties in very large 
quantities. 

Labor Organizations. — T here 
are strong unions in every trade 
in the city. The Trades and Labor 
Council, formed by representatives 
of all departments of organized 
labor, meets on the 1st and 3d 
Wednesdays of each month at 34 
S. 6th St. 

Lafayette Club. — Club house, 
Minnetonka Beach, Lake Minneton- 
ka. This club owns about 45 
acres, on which are fine golf links, 
tennis courts, a large garage and 
the usual appointments of a high 
class country club. There are 
about 600 members. Hovey C. 
Clarke is president and Cavour S. 
Langdon is secretary. 

Lake Calhoun. — About three 
miles southwest of the business 
center and within the city limits. 
It is over a mile long and three- 
fourths of a mile broad. It may 
be reached in thirty minutes by 
the Como-Harriet electric line, or 
by driving out Hennepin Av., or 
over Kenwood Parkway. (See 
Park System.) 

Lake Harriet.— The most south- 
erly of the group of four lakes in 
the southwestern part of the city. 
It is nearly a mile long and over 
half a mile wide, and lies within 



LAK-LIV 

high banks. Around it runs a pic- 
turesque park drive. At the north- 
west corner is a pavilion where 
refreshments may be obtained and 
where band concerts are held dur- 
ing the summer. The lake and 
pavilion are reached by the Como- 
Harriet electric railway, over 
which cars reach the center of the 
city via Hennepin Boul., in about 
30 minutes. Over the park drive 
the distance is about five miles. 
(See Park System.) 

Lake of tlie Isles. — This lake is 
controlled by the park board. It is 
the nearest to the center of the 
city of the group of lakes along 
the southwestern limits, and may 
be reached by the Kenwood Boul. 
or by Hennepin Av., turning west 
at Franklin, or any street beyond, 
to 28th St. The Lake of the Isles 
Boul. surrounds the lake which is 
irregular in form and contains a 
large island. The park board has 
begun extensive improvements in 
and about this lake which include 
connections by navigable water- 
ways with Lake Calhoun and Ce- 
dar lake. Como-Harriet or the 
Kenwood & 8th St. S. E. car lines. 
(See Park System.) 

Ziakewood Cemetery. — A beauti- 
ful tract of several hundred acres 
3V2 miles from center of city lying 
between Lakes Calhoun and Har- 
riet, and reached by Como-Harriet 
electric cars. 

Law Libraries. — The Minneapo- 
lis Bar Association maintains a 
law library in the Court House. It 
is customary for large office build- 
ings to establish law libraries for 
the use of their tenants. Some of 
the older law firms have magnif- 
icent private libraries. 

Law School.— (See University 
op Minnesota.) 

Legislative Districts. (See Po- 
litical Divisions.) 



56 



Libraries. — The following is a 
list of the libraries which are of a 
public or semi-public character. 

Athenaeum. — (See Public Li- 
brary.) 

Augsburg Seminary. — 5,000 vol- 
umes; for the use of the semi- 
nary students and faculty. 

Directories. — 804-806 Globe 
Bldg. Directories of all states 
and principal cities; free. 

Hennepin County Medical Soc. 
— 5.000 volumes; 1st floor City 
Hall. 

Masonic. — 215 Masonic Temple. 
Minneapolis Bar Association. — 
Court House. 

Public. — Cor. 10th St. and Hen- 
nepin Av. (See Public Library.) 

Rawlins Post War Library. — 
Masonic Temple, Cor. 6th St. and 
Hennepin Av. A collection of lit- 
erature and relics of the war of 
the rebellion. 

St. Vincent de Paul. — 220 N. 3rd 
St. Catholic. 

University. — Contains about 
130,000 volumes for use of stu- 
dents and professors. Open to 
public for consultation from 8 a. 
m. to 10 p. m. week days during 
school year. 

Linseed Oil. — The linseed oil 
industry has taken a prominent 
place among Minneapolis manu- 
factures and the city is now one 
of ths largest flaxseed markets 
and linseed oil producers in the 
world. In Minneapolis and vicin- 
ity there are seven mills with a 
capacity of 667,920 barrels of oil 
yearly. Last year they shipped 
122,853,646 lbs. of oil, and 236,- 
428,591 lbs. of oil cake. 

Livery. — Livery facilities are 
both abundant and low priced. 
The stranger can hardly fail to 
find a good stable within a few 
minutes walk from any point in 
the central part of the city. For a 
horse and buggy the usual price is 
$1 for the first hour and 50c for 
each additional hour; for a double 
team $1.50 to $2 per hour, 



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discount where the time is long or 
to regular customers. Dance or- 
ders for two passengers, $3, and 
for more than two, $4; opera or- 
ders, $2.50 for two passengers, 
and $3 for more. Horses are board- 
ed at from $16 to $20 a month. 

Iioan and Trust Companies. — 

There are two loan and trust com- 
panies in Minneapolis, which re-, 
ceive time deposits, negotiate 
loans, execute trusts and perform 
other banking functions. They 
are, with location and capital, as 
follows: 

Minnesota Loan and Trust Com- 
pany. — 311-313 Nicollet Av. $500,- 
000. 

Minneapolis Trust Company. — 
109 S. 5th St. $250,000. 

(See Banks.) 

Iioring* Park. — Loring Park is 
the -nearest to the city's center of 
population. It occupies a tract of 
36 acres bounded by Hennepin Av., 
Harmon PI., Willow St. and 15th 
St. The park is too small to ad- 
mit of driveways, but as it is sur- 
rounded on all sides by streets its 
beauties may be enjoyed fronva 
carriage. In the winter special 
care is taken of the ice and every 
convenience is supplied for skat- 
ers. Como-Harriet, the Kenwood 
& 8th St. S. E., or Monroe & Bry- 
ant cars. (See Park System.) 

Xiost Property. — For personal 
property lost on the street cars, 
enquire at the office of the com- 
pany, 11th St. and Hennepin Av., 
Lost Article Department. Articles 
left in hacks or found upon the 
streets are taken to police head- 
quarters in city hall. Articles 
found in the parks are usually 
sent to the superintendent's of- 
fice in the city hall. 

Lowry's Hill. — The ridge of high 
land lying west of Hennepin Av. 
and south of Kenwood Parkway. 
It is named for Thomas Lowry 



S7 LOA-LUM 

whose residence is on the slope of 
the hill towards the city and fac- 
ing on Hennepin Av, The eleva- 
tion is from 100 to 150 feet above 
the surrounding region. Its prin- 
cipal thoroughfare is Mt. Curve 
Av. (Como-Harriet and the Ken- 
wood & 8th St. S. E. car lines.) 

Lumber and Saw Mills. — As a 

lumber producing point Minne- 
apolis has for many years lgd 
the world. The census of 1900 
gave her first rank in the 
United States, her output of $12,- 
285,305 worth of lumber being 
greatly in excess of any other city 
in the country. The first attempt 
at utilizing the water power of the 
Falls of St. Anthony was for the 
purpose of sawing lumber. Lum- 
ber was the first article manufac- 
tured in Minneapolis. It was a 
staple product before there was 
any conception of the possibilities 
of the flour milling business, and 
it has always been a source of 
wealth to the city. In 1822 a small 
mill was erected at the falls to saw 
lumber for use at Fort Snelling. 
In 1848 the first private saw mill 
was put in operation and from 
then on the business gradually 
developed to enormous proportions. 
The number of mills has varied 
from time to time, but the capac- 
ity quite uniformly increased un- 
til a few years ago. With the 
growth of the business, it became 
evident that it could not be ac- 
commodated at the falls, and a 
movement began to more conven- 
ient points up the river. It was 
found that steam generated by the 
mill waste was not much more ex- 
pensive than water power; while 
the boomage facilities and con- 
venience to low priced yards bore 
no comparison to the crowded re- 
gion about the falls. The mills now 
occupy the river bank, at various 
advantageous points, for a dis- 
tance of three or four miles above 
the falls. (Wash. Pk. & Camden 
electric line.) 



LUM-LUM 



5& 



To understand the conditions, 
under which the lumber business 
of Minneapolis has been carried 
on, it is necessary to consider, 
first, the source of supply. The 
pine region of Minnesota occupied 
a territory northwest of Minneapo- 
lis, beginning within a compara- 
tively short distance and broaden- 
ing to the north so as to cover 
the greater part of die northern 
third of the state. Much the 
larger part of the pine was in the 
Mississippi valley. That part of 
it tributary to Minneapolis has 
been largely cut off. The logs are 
all cut in the winter. Gangs of 
men and teams are sent out by 
Minneapolis firms to the pine 
lands owned by them, or on which 
they have bought standing timber. 
Rude camps are erected and the 
logs are cut and hauled over the 
snow to the lakes or water courses. 
With the spring thaw and break 
up the "drive" begins and lasts 
for from a few weeks to three or 
four months, according to tire dis- 
tance and the stage of water. 
Driving is done by sturdy men 
who follow the logs in their slow 
course along the current, prevent- 
ing them from lodging on the 
banks and breaking up "jams" or 
blockades. At a point some dis- 
tance above the city the logs are 
taken in charge by the boom com- 
pany which sorts those belonging 
to different owners and delivers 
them to the various mills where 
they are to be sawed. The sawing 
season begins about May 1st and 
terminates with the freezing of the 
river in the late fall, or the ex- 
haustion of the supply of logs. 
Modern machinery and methods, 
rapid and scientific sawing, eco- 
nomical and labor saving arrange- 
ments for handling the logs and 
finished lumber, characterize the 
sa^A mills of today. It is well 
worth the trouble to visit a large 
and well equipped saw mill. 
Standing first on the river bank 



one sees the logs selected by a, 
nimble athlete in flannel shirt and 
coarse pants and boots, who steps 
from one to another as they roll 
over and over in the water, as 
composedly as if upon a solid floor. 
Endless chains with hooked and 
spiked attachments convey the 
logs up an inclined plane to the 
level of the sawing floor, where 
they are speedily rolled upon the 
sawmill carriages and fed to the 
gang, circular or band saws, ac- 
cording to the quality of the tim- 
ber, and the kind of lumber want- 
ed. As fast as sawed the lumber 
falls on rollers or movable trucks, 
by which it is conveyed to wag- 
ons. The waste is utilized for 
lath or shingles or cut into con- 
venient stove lengths and sold as 
"mill wood." (See Fuel.) Much 
of the sawdust, and some waste, is 
used under the boilers of the mills. 

Production of lumber at Minne- 
apolis reached its maximum about 
1900 and with the gradual exhaus- 
tion of the pine lands is now de- 
creasing from year to year. The 
following table shows the amount 
sawed each year for some years 
past: 

Feet. 

1890 343,573,762 

1891 447,713,252 

1892 488,724,624 

1893 409,000,000 

1894 491,256,000 

1895 479,102,000 

1896 307,179,000 

1897 460,348,272 

1898 469,701,000 

1899 594,373,000 

1900 501,522,000 

1901 559,914,055 

1902 465,244,000 

1903 432,144,000 

1904 386,911,000 

1905 362,166,000 

1906 297.020,000 

1907 214,192.932 

1908 189,401,472 

Minneapolis is also the receiving 
and shipping market for vast quan- 
tities of lumber manufactured 
elsewhere. (See Booms, Fuel and 
Commerce. ) 



Lumber Exchange.— A handsome 
brown stone eleven story office 
building at the corner of 5th St. 
and Hennepin Av. The majority 
of lumber manufacturers and 
dealers of the city, besides many 
financial institutions, have offices 
in this building. 

Lunches. — The city is well sup- 
plied with lunch counters where 
anything from a sandwich to an 
elaborate meal can be had on short 
notice. The informality of high 
stools and the convenience of quick 
service make these places very 
popular with busy men. To ac- 
commodate night workers the bet- 
ter class of lunch counters keep 
open all night. Prices are quite 
uniform and so low that 25 cents 
will buy as much lunch as is or- 
dinarily wanted. These establish- 
ments are mostly in the region 
bounded by Hennepin, 1st Av. S., 
6th and 2nd Sts. In the same lo- 
cality are a number of very good 
restaurants, chop houses and lunch 
rooms where those who prefer the 
luxuries of table cloths and chairs 
find accommodation. Ladies may 
secure light lunches daintily 
served, at the department store 
"tea rooms" and the caterers' es- 
tablishments. (See Caterers.) 

Lutheran Churches. — Taken as a 
whole the Lutheran denomination 
is the strongest, in point of num- 
bers, of the Protestant sects of the 
city. 

Augustana (Swedish). — Cor. 
11th Av. S. and 7th St. 

Bethany (Norwegian). — 2513 
Franklin A^. E. 

Bethany. — (Swedish), 39th St. 
and 36 th A v. S. 

Bethel (Norwegian). — Cor. 17th 
Av. S. and 32nd St. 

Bethlehem (Norwegian). — Cor. 
14th Av. S. and 18th St. 

Bethlehem ( Swedish ) . — Cor. 
14th Av. N. and Lyndale Av. 

Ebenezer Free Church (Nor- 
wegian Evangelical). — Cor, 19th 
Av. 3. and 3rd St, 



59 LUM-LUT 

Ebenezer (Swedish). — Cor. 22d 
St. and 28th Av. S. 

Getiisemane (Norwegian). — Cor. 
47th Av. N. and Colfax. 

Grace (English). — Seven Cor- 
ners. 

Im manuel (Danish). — Cor. E. 
22d St. and 28th Av. S. 

Im manuel Evangelical (Norwe- 
gian). — Cor. Monroe St. and 15th 
Av. N. E. 

Immanuel (German). — Cor. 18th 
Av. N. and 6th St. 

Immanual (Swedish). — Cor. 
Monroe and 13th Av. N. E. 

Immanuel Slavonic Evangelical. 
— Cor. Essex and Ontario Sts. SE. 

Messiah. — (English), Cor. 10th 
St. and 13th Av. S. 

Our Saviour's (Norwegian). — 
Cor. 14th Av. S. and 7th St. 

St. Johannes (Norwegian), 
Evangelical. — Cor. Girard and 5th 
Av. N. 

St. John's. — Cor. 16th Av. N. 
and 3rd St. 

St. John's Evangelical (Eng- 
lish). — Cor. Chicago Av. and 17th 
St. 

St. John's (German).— 625 N. E. 
Main St. 

St. Luke's (Norwegian). — 17th 
Av. S. bet. Lake and 31st St. 

St. Mark's (English). — Cor. 
Lyndale and 23d Av. N. 

St. Olaf. — Cor. 16th Av. N. and 
Dupont Av. 

St. Paul's (Norwegian). — Cor. 
15th Av. S. and 4th St. 

St. Paul's (Norwegian). — Cor. 
Quincy and 25th Av. N. E. 

St. Paul's Swedish Evangelical. 
— Cor. 15th Av. S. and 28th St. 

St. Peter's (Norwegian). — Cor. 
15th Av. N. E. and Madison. 

St. Peter's Danish Evangelical. 
—Cor. 20th Av. S. and 9th St. 

St. Petrie's (Evangelical). — Cor. 
Dupont and 18th Avs. N. 

Salem (Swedish). — Cor. N. Du- 
pont and 4'2d Av. N. 

Salem Evangelical (English). — 
Cor Garfield Av. and W. 28th St. 



Trinity. — (English), 29 th 
S. and Lake St, 



Av, 



LYR-MAS 



60 



Trinity Evangelical. — Cor. 9th 
St. and 20th Av. S. 

Trinity (German). — 1904 13th 
Av. S. 

Zion's (Norwegian). — Cor. 25th 
Av. N. and 6 th St. 

Zion's (Swedish).— Cor. W. 33d 
St. and Pillsbury Av. 

Iiyric Theater. — On Hennepin 
Av. between 7th and 8th Sts. It 
is open regularly for dramatic per- 
formances. (See Theatres.) 

Macalester College. — Between 
the two cities. It is a Presbyteri- 
an college and has a considerable 
amount of land and several build- 
ings. Selby-Lake electric line. 

Mails, Arrival and Departure of. 
(See Post Office.) 

Manual Training 1 . (See Public 
Schools, Industrial Education, 
etc.) 

Manufacturing. — In early days 
the manufactures of Minneapolis 
were chiefly flour and lumber. 
These still retain the supremacy, 
but other lines are pushing for- 
ward and taking a prominent place. 
Machinery (farm, milling and gen- 
eral), farm implements, building 
material, furniture, boots and 
shoes, beer, wagons and carriages, 
woolen and knit goods, confection- 
ery and scores of other branches 
are in a process of rapid develop- 
ment. Still there is room for ad- 
ditional establishments in most of 
these lines, and some favorable 
opportunities for the production 
of articles now imported from the 
east have not been taken advan- 
tage of. The value of the manu- 
factured product is estimated at 
$150,000,000 and some 30,000 men 
are employed. The principal de- 
partments of manufacturing will 
be found treated under their ap- 
propriate heads. 

Masonic Temple. — The Masonic 
Temple is the finest structure of 



its kind in the West, and is sur- 
passed by but few in the country. 
The exterior view is imposing and 
at the same time ornamental and 
graceful. Covering a ground space 
of 88 feet on Hennepin Av. and 
153 feet on 6th St., it rises eight 
stories in height. The material 
used in the construction is Ohio 
white sandstone. The architecture 
is Romanesque. The front en- 
trance, on Hennepin Av., is strik- 
ing and imposing in design. The 
hallway is of costly design, the 
floor being paved with mosaic til- 
ing and the walls and ceiling 
wainscoted with pure white pol- 
ished marble. The marble stair- 
way rises at the right of the en- 
trance, and on the left are two ele- 
vators. The building is fire proof 
throughout, and provided with all 
the modern conveniences. It is 
intended primarily for the use of 
the Masonic fraternity, but the 
Knights of Pythias and Rawlins 
Post G. A. R. have comfortable 
quarters therein, and there are 
numerous office apartments. The 
rooms devoted to the Masonic lodg- 
es are, of course, the main feature 
of the building. On the second 
floor, and extending through two 
stories is the blue lodge room, oc- 
cupied by three lodges. This apart- 
ment occupies the center and the 
rear, and is 44 by 48 feet in dimen- 
sions. The frescoing is exceeding- 
ly rich and the furnishings are of 
the costliest material. Adjoining 
is the room occupied by the Ma- 
sonic library. The lodge rooms on 
fourth and fifth floors are occu- 
pied by the "Scottish Rite" — two 
fine halls. The Comm&ndery and 
one Blue lodge occupy the halls on 
the sixth and seventh floors, the ar- 
mory occupying the corridors on 
the seventh floor. The lodge room 
is one of the finest in the Gountry, 
On the eighth floor of the building 
is the ball room, for banquets, 
dancing and drills, and is used for 
the meetings and work of the 
"Mystic Shrine," This ample 



partment is 80x114 feet in size, 
nd occupies the center and rear. 
The ceiling is supported by eight 
light steel arches, springing from 
the sides and rising by graceful 
curves. At the south end of the 
hall is a gallery with a seating ca- 
pacity of 150. Opening from the 
south end of the drill hall 
is the parlor and next is the 
banquet hall which has a seating 
capacity of 200. Adjoining the 
banquet hall is a kitchen. The first 
move made toward erecting the 
Temple was in 1885, by an organi- 
zation known as "The Masonic 
Temple Association of Minneapo- 
lis." The site was purchased at 
.. cost of $61,000. The corner 
stone was laid September 4, 1888, 
with appropriate ceremonies. The 
total cost of the structure was 
$300,000. The association and 
structure is now controlled by the 
several Masonic bodies which meet 
in the Temple, who own about four 
sevenths of the capital stock. (See 
Secret Societies.) 

Messenger Service. — Boys for 
special messenger service are fur- 
nished on short notice by the 
American District Telegraph Com- 
pany, Cor. 4th St. and Nicollet Av. ; 
National Dist. Telegraph Co., 3rd 
and Hennepin; Union Hack & Mes- 
senger Co., 8 S. 3d St.; and the 
Guaranty Messenger Despatch Co., 
106 S. 3d St. They may be sum- 
moned by telephone or automatic 
signal from all hotels and many 
stores and offices. 

Methodist Episcopal Churches. — 

With characteristic energy the 
Methodists organized in the front- 
ier village of St. Anthony about a 
year before the other denomina- 
tions. The first Methodist church 
was formed in 1849 and became 
the forerunner of the 25 churches 
and missions of the denomination 
of the present day which appear 
in the following list, 



6 1 MES-MET 

Bloomington Avenue. — Cor. 
Bloomington Av. and Eu 3 2d St. 

Broadway. — 741 N. E. Jefferson 
St. 

Columbia Heights. — At Columbia 
Heights. 

First. — Cor. 9th Av. and 5th St. 
S. E. 

Foss. — Cor. Fremont and 18th 
Avs. N. 

Fowler. — W. Franklin and S. 
Dupont Aves. , 

Hennepin Avenue. — Cor. Henne- 
pin Av. and 10th St. 

Hobart Memorial. — BlaisdellAv. 
and 46th St. 

Joyce Memorial. — Cor. 31st St. 
and S. Fremont Av. 

Minnehaha. — Cor. 40th Av. S. 
and 52d St. 

44th Av. N. and 



Park Av. and 



North. — Cor. 
Fremont Av. 

Park Avenue. 
34th St. 

Prospect Park. — Cor. Malcolm 
Av. and Orlin Av. S. E. 

Simpson. — Cor. 1st Av. S. and 
28th St. 

Thirteenth Avenue. — 13th Av. 
S. near 18th St. 

Trinity. — Cor. 25th Av. N. E. 
and Taylor St. 

Wesley Chapel.— Cor. 23d Av. S. 
and 24th St. 

Wesley. — Cor. 1st Av. S. and 
Grant St. 

Western Avenue. — Cor. Western 
and N. Irving A v. 

In other conferences. 

Bethlehem (Norwegian-D a n- 
ish).— Cor. 30th Av. N. and Emer- 
son. 

Central German. — Cor. 13th Av. 
S. and 18th St. 

First German. — Cor. 10th Av. N. 
E. and 2d St. 

North Minneapolis German. — 
Cor. 18th Av. N. and N. Lyndale. 

Norwegian Danish.— Cor. 13th 
Av. S. and 9th St. 

First Swedish.— 7th St. and 13th 
Av. S. 

Second Swedjsh.- 
N. E. and Polk St. 



-Cor. 18y 3 Av, 



MET-MIL 



62 



Metropolitan Music Building*. — 

The musical center of the city. It 
is a handsome five-story building 
and is occupied by the Metropolitan 
Music Co. and numerous musical 
societies and teachers of music. 
The Philharmonic club, Ladies' 
Thursday Musicale and other mus- 
ical organizations have their 
headquarters here. The Metropol- 
itan building- is at 41 and 43 S. 6th 
St., near*Nicollet Av. 

Metropolitan Life Building 1 . — 

Formerly the "Guaranty Build- 
ing." At the corner of 3rd St. and 
2nd Av. S. It is a magnificent 
structure twelve stories in height, 
covering just half an acre and with 
a total street frontage of 282 feet. 
The total height from the street 
level to the top of the main tower 
is 220 feet, or as high as Bunker 
Hill monument. The material used 
in the construction for the first 
three stories is North Conway and 
New Hampshire green granite, the 
nine stories above being Portage 
red sandstone. The finishings of 
the interior are iron, brick, terra 
cotta and antique oak. There are 
some 400 offices in the building and 
they are occupied by some of the 
heaviest financial and legal firms 
in the city, as well as by a host of 
minor tenants. From the tower 
which rises high above the main 
structure a comprehensive view of 
the city may be obtained. The 
building is heated by steam and 
lighted by electricity. Six hy- 
draulic elevators and commodious 
stairways afford access to the up- 
per floors. The total cost with 
site approximated $1,000,000. Vis- 
itors are welcome in the building 
at all times. 

A charge of 10c is made for ad- 
mission to the roof and lookout 
tower. 

Metropolitan Opera Souse. — On 

1st Av. S. between 3rd and 4th 
Sts. The leading theatre of the 
city. It has an exceptionally large 



stage and capacious and comfort- 
able auditorium. It is usually 
open during the entire season from 
late August to June and frequent- 
ly presents light opera or other at- 
tractions during a part of the sum- 
mer at popular prices. (See Thea- 
tres.) 

Midway District. — That portion 
of St. Paul lying between the city 
proper and Minneapolis. It com- 
prises the suburbs of Merriam 
Park, St. Anthony Park, Macales- 
ter, Hamline and considerable 
farming and vacant land. The mid- 
way district is traversed by the 
Minneapolis & St. Paul, the Selby- 
Lake and the Como-Harriet elec- 
tric lines. 

Miles Theater. — Seventh Street 
near Nicollet. Vaudeville at pop- 
ular prices. 

Millinery. — The leading millin- 
ery establishments are on Nicollet 
Av. or the cross streets near the 
avenue. Some of the principal mil- 
linery stores are the following: 
Holbrook, 820 Nicollet; Wallace. 
'321 1st Av. S.; Phillips, 45 S. Cth 
Minneapolis for the time being. 
The disaster occurred at 7 o'clock 
in the evening. Eye witnesses 
saw first a sheet of flame and a 
volume of black smoke issue from 
St.; Murray, 626 Nicollet; Slayton, 
6 S. 7th St. All the department 
stores and ladies' specialty stores 
have millinery departments. 

Mills. (See Flour and Flour 
Mills, and Lumber and Saw Mills.) 

Milling- District. — The region at 
the foot of 6th Av. S., and adja- 
cent to St. Anthony's Falls, in 
which the larger part of the flour 
mills are located. The great 
Washburn "A" mill is the largest 
and most conspicuous in the 
group. 

Mill Explosion. — On a large tab- 
let set in the wall of the Wash- 



h 



burn u A h flour miil is ah inscrip- 
tion in memory of fourteen men 
who perished in the great explo- 
sion of 1878. This disaster, wholly 
without precedent both as to cause 
and extent of damage, as result- 
ant from explosion, called the at- 
tention of the whole world to 
the lower story of the Washburn 
"A" mill, followed almost instant- 
ly by the explosion. The concus- 
sion was so terrific as to partially 
wreck the surrounding mills and 
was felt as far away as St. Paul. 
Thousands of dollars worth of 
glass was broken in Minneapolis, 
the damage extending even to dis- 
tant parts of the city. Not one of 
the employes of Washburn "A" es- 
caped, so the exact cause of the 
explosion was never determined by 
verbal testimony. It was, how- 
ever, satisfactorily concluded that 
fire broke out in the mill and that 
the explosion was occasioned by 
the ignition of flour dust mingled 
with the air. The walls of the 
"A" mill were leveled instantly. 
Five more mills were destroyed 
and five damaged, the whole loss 
of property being over a million 
dollars. The total loss of life was 
1 8. Appliances were introduced, 
when the mills were rebuilt, which 
do away with the liability of simi- 
lar disaster. (See Flour and 
Flour Mills.) 

Mill Wood. (See Fuel.) 

Minikahda Club. — The clubhouse 
of this popular organization is on 
the west shore of Lake Calhoun, 
where the club owns about 145 
acres of land in a beautiful loca- 
tion. Tlie clubhouse is complete 
in every appointment of a mod- 
ern club home and the grounds 
have extensive golf links and both 
turf and dirt tennis courts. Mem- 
bership is open to both men and 
women. Robt. W. Webb is presi- 
dent and Thomas F. Wallace Jr., 
secretary. 



MIL-MIN 

Minneapolis & St. Louis Bail- 
road. — This line runs south 
through a fertile section of Min- 
nesota and Iowa to Des Moines, 
and has direct trains for Chicago, 
St, Louis and Omaha. To Chicago 
through trains run via Albert Lea, 
Minn., and the Illinois Central R'y 
and the line is known as the "Al- 
bert Lea Route." The Omaha serv- 
ice is via Fort Dodge, la., in con- 
nection with the Illinois Central, 
and forms the shortest line to 
Omaha. Over the same route 
through cars are operated to Kan- 
sas City. A western division 
reaches the Missouri river in S. 
Dak., and a new line to the south- 
west passes through New Ulm, 
Minn., and now terminates at 
Storm Lake, la. The M. & St. L. 
reaches the principal points on the 
south shore of Lake Minnetonka 
and during the summer frequent 
trains accommodate the cottagers 
and visitors. 

Edwin Hawley, of New York, is 
president; L. F. Day, of Minneapo- 
lis, vice-president and general 
manager; A. B. Cutts, general 
passenger and ticket agent, and J. 
N. Tittemore, freight traffic man- 
ager. The general offices of the 
company are on the 11th floor of 
the Metropolitan Life building, 
and the city ticket office at 424 
Nicollet Av. The passenger sta- 
tion is at Washington and 4th 
Aves. N. (See Railroads.) 

Minneapolis Club. — The leading 
social club of the city. It main- 
tains a handsome club house at the 
corner of 8th St. and 2d Av. S. 
This building, w T hich cost with 
site $325,000, was completed in 
1908. It is not only architectur- 
ally conspicuous but is one of the 
most complete club houses, in 
every detail, recently erected. On 
the ground floor are the billiard 
and grill rooms, check rooms, 
the offices and clerk's desk. In 
the grill room there is some very 
effective stained glass work 



MIN^MIN 64 

showing - views of Minnesota lakes 
and hunting 1 scenes. On the main 
floor are the reading- and loung-- 
ing rooms and card rooms. The 
reading 1 room extends entirely 
along the Second Av. side of the 
building- and like the other rooms 
of the first and second floors is 
finished in dark early English 
oak. The dining: rooms and kitch- 
en are on the second floor. The 
main dining room is directly over 
the reading" room. It is heavily 
paneled in oak and the decora- 
tions in oil show a series of har- 
vest scenes. Along the Eighth 
St. side of the second floor are 
three smaller dining rooms and 
on the top floor are the private 
rooms for the club members liv- 
ing in the building. Throughout, 
the decoration and finishing is 
entirely artistic but in no partic- 
ular has the comfort of the mem- 
bers been sacrificed to attain ef- 
fect. The membership of the club 
includes about 575 of the business 
and professional men of the city 
and about 175 non-residents. The 
entrance fee for resident members 
is $100 and the annual dues $75; 
for non-residents $50 and $25. 
The president of the club is W. 
C. Edgar, and the secretary is 
A. R. Rogers. 

Minneapolis Park Band. — Emil 
Oberhoffer, conductor, an organi- 
zation of forty instruments, most- 
ly belonging also to the Minne- 
apolis Symphony orchestra. This 
band gives a concert season of six 
weeks in Lake Harriet pavilion 
and in other city parks under the 
auspices of the park board. 

Minneapolis Retailers' Associa- 
tion. — An organization for the ad- 
vancement of the interests of the 
retailers and of the city. C. F. 
Gordon, of the Minneapolis Dry 
Goods Co., is president, and A. E. 
Zonne, secretary. 



Minneapolis Society of I s in 6 
Arts. — In January, 1883, Dr. W. 
W. Folwell, of the University of 
Minnesota, with 24 others, lovers 
of art, organized the Society of 
Fine Arts. Dr. Folwell was the 
first president of the society, and 
held the office until succeeded by 
T. B. Walker, who has been one of 
the most ardent supporters and 
workers for the society. W. Y. 
Chute is now president. 

Up to 1886 all that the society 
accomplished was in promoting 
the love and study of art by means 
of loan exhibitions and in other 
general ways. In April of that 
year an art school was opened and 
supplied with temporary quarters 
till the close of 1889, when the 
completion of the new library 
building gave access to the hand- 
some rooms now occupied by the 
society and school. The working 
rooms of the students of the art 
school are on the fourth story of 
the building, adjoining the art gal- 
lery. They are light and airy and 
admirably suited to the purpose. 
The classes in design, and in sev- 
eral of the art-crafts, are housed 
on the third floor until other quar- 
ters can be provided. In the art 
gallery are placed a number of fine 
paintings loaned by T. B. Walker 
and others. Six paintings present- 
ed by James J. Hill are the prop- 
erty of the Library Association. 
The exposition casts of statuary, 
one of the finest collections of its 
kind in the country, are distribut- 
ed about the building. Containing, 
as it does, most of the master- 
pieces of the Greek and Roman art- 
ists, the value of this collection 
as studies for the art students 
can scarcely be estimated. The 
art school maintains classes in 
drawing from the cast and the 
living model, still life and por- 
trait painting, illustrating, one 
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SOME 

EVIDENCES OF GROWTH 

OF MINNEAPOLIS 



Population 

Assessed Valuation . . 

Bank Clearings 

Bank Deposits 

Post Office Receipts . 
Grain Receipts, Bus. . 
Manufacturing Capital 

Factory Output 

Real Estate Transfers 
Real Estate Trans., No, 
Building Permits, Value 
Building Permits, No. . 



1900 

202,718 

$99,492,000 

$579,994,000 

$35,137,724 

$663,205 

110,800,000 

$50,477,000 

$94,407,774 

$3,956,563 

3,000 

$4,490,022 

566 



1908 

310,000 

$175,600,000 

$1,057,000,000 

$94035, 000 

$1,598,000 

145,360,000 

$76,906,000 

$140,000,000 

$19,019,048 

12,397 

$10,010,565 

5,625 



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MINNEAPOLIS IS 

The foremost city of the United States in the ratio 
of factory output to population. 

The first city in the world in flour production. 

The greatest lumber distributing point in the world 

The financial center of the Northwestern states. 

First in the world in the manufacture of linseed oil. 

The third largest fruit distributing point in the 
world. 

First among cities in the distribution of farm 
implements. 

Eleventh among American cities in post office 
business. 

The home of the University of Minnesota, with 
over 4,500 students. 

The first city in the world in receipts of grain. 

Splendidly equipped with an electric trolley sys- 
tem, with one hundred and fifty miles of track. 

The leading wholesale market in nine North- 
western states. 

The tenth city in the world in bank clearances. 

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design, handicrafts and architec- 
ture; and in summer, out-of-door 
sketching. 

The gallery is open to the pub- 
lic every week day from 10 a. m. 
to 6 p. m. ; and on Sundays and 
holidays from 2 to 6 p. m. (except 

#that in winter the gallery closes 
at dusk). The society arranges an 
annual exhibition of work by lead- 
ing American artists, besides hold- 
ing special exhibitions from time 
to time. 

The society has recently been 
re-organized, insuring a more lib- 
eral support of its aims by an in- 
crease of its membership dues. The 
present quarters in the library 
building have become inadequate 
to meet the growing demands of 
the school, and efforts are being 
made looking towards the erection 

^of a special art building. 

The school of fine arts is sup- 
ported only in part by tuition fees 
paid by the students, the balance 
being contributed by the Society 
of Fine Arts from its membership 
fees. There are over 200 students. 
Robert Koehler is director. (See 
Public Libkary.) 

Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault 
Ste Marie Railway. — One of the 

characteristic enterprises of Min- 
neapolis was the construction of 
the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault 
Ste Marie R'y, commonly known 
as the "Soo" line. The need of a 

l direct line to the sea- board which 
should be able to make rates in tlie 
interests of Minneapolis was ur- 

i gent. A route of 500 miles to 
Sault Ste Marie, Mich., was taken 
and the road was opened in 1888 
in connection with the Canadian 
Pacific. 

With the completion of the line 
to Sault Ste Marie the necessity of 

J a western feeder became evident 

J and the result was the construc- 
tion of a line from Minneapolis 
northwest through Minnesota and 

I North Dakota to the international 
boundary where connection was 



again made with the Canadian Pa- 
cific and a transcontinental route 
opened to Puget Sound. A new 
line was completed north from 
Minneapolis to Winnipeg, in 1904, 
a line from Thief River Falls to 
Kenmare, N. Dak., in 1905, and 
in July, 1907, a new route through 
the Canadian Northwest and the 
Kootenay country to Spokane was 
opened. A new line from Glen- 
wood, Minn., is also being rapidly 
rushed to completion to Superior 
and Duluth. Early in 1909 the 
Soo acquired the Wisconsin Cen- 
tral railway giving it direct lines 
from Minneapolis and Duluth to 
Chicago. All of these lines, east, 
north and west, traverse beauti- 
ful country and reach some of 
the finest fishing and hunting 
sections in the Northwest. Soo 
Line territory has long been a 
favored one with sportsmen. 

The general offices are in the 
Soo Line Bldg., on 2nd Av. S., be- 
tween 3rd and 4th Sts., with tick- 
et offices at 119 S. 3rd St., and 317 
2nd Av. S. The through passen- 
ger trains use the Milwaukee Sta- 
tion, Washington and 3rd Avs. S. 
Local trains use the Soo Line Sta- 
tion at Washington and 5th Aves. 
N. 

E. Pennington is president; W. 
L. Martin, 2nd vice-president and 
traffic manager, and W. R. Calla- 
way, general passenger agent. 
(See Railroads.) 

Minneapolis Symphony Orches- 
tra. — Organized in 1903, with Emil 
Oberhoffer as conductor, who has 
ever since held that position. Com- 
prises seventy-three professional 
musicians, and all the instruments 
contained in any symphony orches- 
tra in the world. Has been pro- 
nounced by visiting musicians of 
the highest standing to be one of 
the foremost orchestras in Ameri- 
ca. Gives twenty-four concerts 
during the winter season, and ac- 
companies the Philharmonic Clyb 
in its four cqncerts, all under the 



MIN-MIN 



66 



direction of Mr. Oberhoffer, and 
under the management of the Or- 
chestral Association of Minneapo- 
lis. The Orchestra also gives fes- 
tival concert tours throughout the 
Northwest. (See Philharmonic 
Club and Orchestral Associa- 
tion.) 

Minneapolis Traffic Bureau. — An 

organization of business men for 
the purpose of improvement of 
traffic conditions and the protec- 
tion of the interests of the city in 
all matters of freight and passen- 
ger rates. Horace M. Hill is presi- 
dent and H. E. White, secretary 
and W. V. Newlin, executive man- 
ager. Office, 402 Metropolitan 
Life Bldg. 

Minnehaha Creek. — The outlet of 
Lake Minnetonka. It flows in a 
generally easterly course along the 
southern boundary of Minneapolis, 
draining several lakes and finally 
falling over the cliff near the Mis- 
sissippi river, thus forming Minne- 
haha Falls. 

Minnehaha, Palls of. — The Falls 
of Minnehaha are perhaps the most 
widely celebrated of the natural 
curiosities of the Northwest. 
Since Longfellow sung of the 
deeds of Hiawatha, Minnehaha 
has been an object of the 
curiosity and admiration of trav- 
elers. The Falls are formed by 
Minnehaha creek (the outlet of 
Lake Minnetonka) which after a 
devious course of 25 miles, plung- 
es over a cliff 50 feet hish, just 
before joining the Mississippi riv- 
er. Below the Falls the stream 
follows a beautiful glen which is 
all a part of Minnehaha Park. 
Minnehaha electric line. About 
six miles from the center of town. 
(See Park System, Drives.) 

Minnehaha Park. — Consists of 
122 acres surrounding Minnehaha 
Falls (which see). This park con- 
tains a zoological collection, a 



pony track and abundant facilities 
for picnics. 

Minnehaha Parkway. — Extends 
from Lake Harriet along the banks 
of Minnehaha creek to the Falls, 
about five and one-half miles. It 
is a charming drive and one of the 
most important links in the park 
system. Bicycle paths have been 
constructed at points where the 
roadway is not well suited to 
wheeling and the route is a favor- 
ite with wheelmen. (See Park 
System and Drives.) 

Minnesota Academy of Natural 
Science. (See Academy of Sci- 
ences.) 

Minnetonka. — Lake Minnetonka 
lies slightly southwest of the cen- 
ter of Minneapolis and within easy 
reach by three lines of railroad. 
Its eastern arm is only about sev- 
en miles from the city limits. 
Since the days of the first settlers 
this lake has been renowned for 
its beauty; in recent years it has 
established a wide reputation as a 
summer resort. Except that it is 
rather larger than the average, 
Lake Minnetonka is, perhaps, as 
perfect a physical type of the 
northwestern lake as could be se- 
lected. It possesses to a marked 
degree the characteristic irregu- 
larity of outline which constitutes 
the chief source of beauty in the 
lakes of this region. The voyager 
upon its waters is bewildered by 
the multitude of channels and in- 
lets, the unexpected opening of 
new vistas of blue water, the 
seemingly exhaustless resources 
of delight to the sense of sight. 
The extreme eastern and western 
points of the lake are scarcely a 
dozen miles apart, but the shore 
line measures about 115 miles. 
This wonderful length includes; in 
addition to countless bays and 
deep arms, as well as long points 
which nearly divide the lake, the 
shores of some ten or a dogen is 



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68 



lands. In making the tour of the 
lake the steamers usually follow 
a course, which, though touching 
only the principal landings, is at 
least 40 miles long. The lake is 
divided by a narrow marsh near 
the center into the "upper" and 
"lower" lakes; the latter being, of 
course, the part from which flows 
Minnehaha creek. The "lower 
lake" is much the larger portion 
and contains the wide expanse 
which won the Sioux name of 
"Broad-water." As the greatest 
length is from east to west the 
principal shores of Minnetonka 
naturally received the designation 
of the "north shore" and "south 
shore." 

The north shore is reached by 
the Great Northern R'y, which 
skirts the "lower lake" and passes 
through the town of Wayzata, the 
nearest point to Minneapolis on 
the lake. From Wayzata steam- 
ers may be taken for trips about 
the lake. Just west of the village 
the main line of the railroad leaves 
the lake, but a branch follows the 
sweep of the shore and crossing 
the "north arm" reaches Minne- 
tonka Beach. Here is the Lafay- 
ette Club house. Two miles be- 
yond is Spring Park, where there 
is a hotel and extensive picnic 
grounds. Besides these places 
there are numerous stations used 
by the owners of the cottages 
which line the lake shore. These 
cottages range from rough board 
shanties to palatial villas cost- 
ing thousands of dollars. They 
are mostly owned and occupied by 
citizens of Minneapolis, though 
some are inhabited every season 
by people from distant points. 

On the south shore is the village 
of Excelsior, the largest town upon 
the lake. It is reached from the 
city by the Lake Minnetonka Line 
of the electric railway system, as 
well as by the Minneapolis & St. 
Louis railroad. Across an adja- 
cent bay is the Tonka Bay Hotel 



and the terminus of the main line 
of the electric road. 

In connection with the electric 
line to Excelsior the Twin City 
Rapid Transit company operates 
fast steamers to all the principal 
points on the lower and upper 
lakes. These steamers run on 
schedule, leaving Excelsior at stat- 
ed intervals for various landings. 
Time cards should be secured as 
the service changes with the sea- 
son. 

Extensive picnic grounds are 
also maintained by the company 
on Big Island near Excelsior. The 
grounds comprise 65 acres and are 
equipped with buildings, amuse- 
ments and curiosities. They are 
reached by ferry from Excelsior. 

In Bay St. Louis is the beautiful 
club house of the Minnetonka 
Yacht Club (which see). Bay St. 
Louis is the terminus of a branch 
of the electric line to Minnetonka 
and it may also be reached by the 
Minneapolis & St. Louis R'y, 
which passes near and skirting 
the shore reaches Excelsior. 

At Excelsior there are a number 
of good hotels and many summer 
boarding houses; cottages abound 
at every point on the "lower lake." 
The "upper lake" is less accessible 
and more beautiful and romantic. 
The railroad stations are Spring 
Park and Mound. Small steamers 
meet the trains and convey passen- 
gers to Shady Isle, Zumbra 
Heights, and various private land- 
ings. 

During the summer there is 
much gaiety at the lake. Parties 
at the hotels, concerts, excursions, 
yacht races, fishing and similar 
amusements fill up the time. It is 
the custom with many families to 
occupy their cottages from early 
May till late in the fall. The ho- 
tels are open from June till Sep- 
tember 1 or later, and steamers 
make the trip of the lake during 
about the same period. As the city 
may be reached from almost any 
point in about half an hour, busi- 




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ness men find it convenient to live 
at the lake and come to the city 
each morning; it being- in fact 
nothing less than a very beautiful 
and charming summer suburb. 

Board for the season may be ob- 
tained at rates slightly in ad- 
vance of city charges. Boats are 
to be had at all the principal land- 
ings. Fishing is fair and may be 
enjoyed without the inconvenience 
attending a trip to a remote lake. 

Minnetonka Yacht Club. — The 

original yachting organization. It 
maintains "a beautiful club house 
on an island at the entrance to St. 
Louis bay, where the members 
gather for social pleasures, and 
which serves as rendezvous for the 
frequent regattas. In winter ice 
yachting is a popular sport. W. 
D. Sammis is commodore, and 
Floyd St. John, secretary. 

Mississippi River. — One of the 
most interesting sights in Minne- 
apolis is, quite naturally, the Mis- 
sissippi river. In all its course of 
nearly 3,000 miles the "Father of 
Waters" is nowhere more attrac- 
tive than here. It is at Minneapolis 
that the great river loses its char- 
acter as a rapid, tortuous lumber- 
ing stream and begins its course 
of 2,200 miles as a navigable wa- 
terway. Minneapolis interests are 
closely identified with the Mis- 
sissippi. The great water power 
afforded by the Falls of St. Antho- 
ny led to the founding of the city; 
the same power developed has been 
one of the chief factors in its 
growth; the river has brought mil- 
lions upon millions of feet of logs 
from the pineries of the north to 
supply the second great manufac- 
turing industry of the city; and 
lastly, Minneapolis is at the head 
of navigation, and with improve- 
ments now begun, will reap large 
benefits from the commercial ad- 
vantages of this position with re- 
gard to the Mississippi valley. At 
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69 MIN-MUS 

age width of perhaps 1,200 feet. 
Above the falls its placid surface 
is well covered with log booms; 
below, it dashes off in furious 
rapids for a half mile, and courses 
for miles between high and ex- 
ceedingly picturesque cliffs. De- 
lightful views of this gorge may 
be had from half a dozen bridges. 
The source of the Mississippi is 
near Lake Itasca which is only 
about 150 miles from Minneapolis 
in a direct line but by the devious 
course of the river channel is 
several times that distance. 

Municipal Court. — Has power to 

try civil actions where the amount 
in controversy does not exceed 
$500 or where the title to real 
estate is not involved, but cannot 
issue writs of habeas corpus, man- 
damus or injunction, nor entertain 
divorce proceedings. It also has 
jurisdiction in cases of misde- 
meanor arising within the county. 
In cases of violation of the state 
laws ordinarily triable before jus- 
tices of the peace it has exclusive 
jurisdiction, and also in offenses 
against the city ordinances. The 
maximum penalty which it can im- 
pose is a fine of $100, or imprison- 
ment for 90 days in the county jail 
or city work house. In felonies 
and indictable misdemeanors it 
examines and may hold accused 
persons to await the action of the 
grand jury. Complaints in crimi- 
nal cases may be made to either the 
judge or clerk of the court, and 
must be in writing and sworn to. 
There are two judges to this court, 
a municipal judge and a special 
judge, who have equal rank. The 
court is held in rooms on the 
fourth floor of the city hall. 

Edward F. Waite is judge and 
C. L. Smith special judge of this 
court. 

Musical Societies and Clubs. — A 

list of the principal musical so- 
cieties and clubs is as follows : 

Apollo Club. — Lyceum Theatre 
Bldg. H. S. Woodruff, director. 



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Apollo Singing Society.-— Dania 
Hall. H. Askeland, director. 

Choral Club. — Alfred Wiley, 
conductor. 

Harmonia S o c i e t y. — 805 Ply- 
mouth Av. 

Minneapolis Liederkranz. — Sie- 
bel Blk. L. W. Harmsen, director. 

Minneapolis Mozart Society. — 
Edwin J. Moles, secretary and 
treasurer, 20-36 S. 2nd St. 

NORMANDEN'S SANGEFORENING. 

801 Cedar Av. Erick Oulie, direc- 
tor. 

Orpheus Singing Society. 

Philharmonic Club. — Metropoli- 
tan Music Co. Bldg. Emil Ober- 
hoffer, director. 

Thursday Musical. — 405 Met- 
ropolitan Music Co. Bldg-. 

Winner Glee Club. — 1829 River- 
side Av. 

See (Bands and Orchestras.) 

National Bank of Commerce 
Building*. — A six-story, brown 
stone office building at the corner 
of 4th St. and 1st Av. S., hand- 
some architecturally and most 
advantageously situated in the 
financial center. 

National Banks. (See Banks.) 

National Guard. — Five compa- 
nies of infantry and one battery 
of artillery is the contribution of 
Minneapolis patriotism to the or- 
ganization of the National Guard, 
State of Minnesota. The com- 
panies include 300 men. The five 
companies of infantry belong to 
the First Regiment. The battery 
belongs to the First Battalion of 
Artillery. Their armory is on 
Kenwood Parkway near Lyndale 
Av. Very fine drilling has been 
done by the various companies. 
Awards for individual drill stimu- 
late to efficient and painstaking 
work. The First Regiment com- 
panies are A, B, F, I, and M, com- 
manded respectively by Captains 
M. Li. Higbee, fOrle D. Luce, 
Mathias Baldwin, E. J. Andrews 
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New Boston. — The popular name 
for the locality surrounding Cen- 
tral Av. and 25th Av. N. E. Take 
8th and Central electric cars. 

Newsdealers. — Most of the book- 
stores, some of the stationery 
stores and many stands in the 
hotels, office buildings, depots and 
in all directions through the city, 
sell current periodicals and the 
leading daily papers. 

Newspapers and Periodicals. — In 

proportion to its size, as compared 
with other cities, Minneapolis has 
few daily newspapers. Its class 
and trade publications are numer- 
ous and important. Below is given 
a list classified as to frequency of 
publication and with the yearly 
subscription price and place of 
publication : 

Daily. 

Journal. — (Evening and Sun- 
day.) $5.40. 47 and 49 S. 4th St. 
Independent Republican. 

Legal News. — $15. 253 2d Av. S. 

Market Record. — 246-50 4th Av. 
S. $3. (Evening except Sunday.) 
Grain Markets. 

Market Reporter. — 602 2nd Av. 
N. 

Minnesota Daily. — University of 
Minnesota. $2. (During College 
year.) 

News, The Minneapolis Daily. 
— $3. 6th St. and 2d Av. S. Inde- 
pendent. 

Railway and Hotel News. — 628 
S. 4th St. 

Tribune. — (Morning daily, $3, 
evening except Sunday). 57 S. 4th 
St. Republican. 

Tidende. — $2. 47 S. 4th St. Nor- 
wegian. 

Semi- Weekly. 

Farmer's Tribune. — $1. 57 S. 4th 
St. 

Skandinaven. — $2. 922 Phoenix 
Bldg. 

Weekly. 

Baneret. — (Swedish. $1.50. Tri- 
bune Bldg. 



Bellman.— $4. 118 S. 6th St. In- 
dependent. Saturday. 

Both Sides. — $2. 4th floor Edi- 
son Bldg. 

Chronicle. — $1. 1308 N. Wash- 
ington Av. 

Commercial West. — $3. 409 
Globe Bldg. Saturday. Finan- 
cial. 

Court Record. — $5. 253 2d Av. 
S. 

Echo de L'Ouest. — $1. Thurs- 
day. 305 Central Av. 

Folkebladet. — $1. 322 Cedar Av. 
Norwegian. 

Freie Presse Herold. — $2. 49 S. 
3rd Street. 

Illustreret Familie Journal. — 
$1.50. 722 S. 4th St. 

Improvement Bulletin. — -$5. 912 
Lumber Exchange. Building. 

Irish Standard. — $2. Saturday. 
605 2d Av. S. 

LUTHERANEREN. $1. 427 S. 4 til 

St. Norwegian. 

Luthersk-Borneblad. — 35c 225 
Cedar Av. Norwegian. 

Masonic Observer. — $1. 215 Ma- 
sonic Temple. 

Minnesota Alumni Weekly. — 
$1.25. 219 Folwell Hall, Univ. of 
Minn. 

Mirror. — $1. Ill S. 6th St. 

Mississippi Valley Lumberman. 
— $2.50. 1011 Lumber Exchange. 

N. E. Argus.— 939 24th Av. N. E. 
Local. 

Northwestern Agriculturist. — 
60c. 525 S. 7th St. 

Northwestern Miller. — $3. Fri- 
day. 118 S. 6th St. Milling. 

Nye Normanden. — $1. Tribune 
Bldg. Norwegian. 

Progress. — $1. 417 Hennepin Av. 

Register. — Saturday. 402 Bank 
of Commerce Bldg. 

Skandinavisk Farmer Journal. — ■ 
50c. 722 S. 4th St. Agricultural. 
Scandinavian. 

Star. — $1. 23 Central Av. De- 
voted to East Side. 

Svenska Amerikanska Posten. — 
$1. N. Y. Life Bldg. 

Svenska Folkets Tidning. — $1. 
Wednesday. Tribune Bldg. 



71 NEW-NEW 

Telegram. — $1. 1710 11th Av. S. 

Tidende. — 50c. 47 S. 4th St. 
Norwegian. 

Twin City Commercial Bulletin. 
— 302 Boston Blk. $2. Saturday. 
Mercantile. 

Ugebladet. — $1. 722 S. 4th St. 

Union. — $1. 225 S. 3rd St. 

Veckoblad. — $1.50. 603 2d Av. S. 
Semi-Monthly. 

Farm, Stock and Home. — 50c. 
830 Hen. Av. Agricultural. 

Forskaren. — $1.50. 1119 S. Wash- 
ington Av. Swedish. 

Hardware Trade. — $1. 302 Bos- 
ton Blk. 

Northwestern Lancet. — $2. 839 
Lumber Exchange. 

Skordemannen. — 75c. 2625 Chi- 
cago Av. Swedish Agricultural. 

Monthly. 

Cigar and Tobacco Journal. — 304 
Commercial Bldg. 

Cumulative Book Review Di- 
gest.— 300 14th Av. S. E. 

Farm Implements. — $1. 1003-5 
Lumber Exchange. Trade. 

Gittit.— $1.25. 117 y 2 S. 6th St. 
Swedish musical. 

Horseman and Stockman. — $1* 
548 Security Bank Bldg. 

Housekeeper. — 60c. 801 S. 4th 

St. 

Keith's. — $1.50. 505 Lumber Ex- 
change. 

Minnesota Magazine. — Univer- 
sity of Minnesota. Students. 

Minnesota Horticulturist. — $1. 
207 Kasota Bldg. 

Minnesota Magazine. — Edited 
and published by students Univ. 
of Minn. 

Minnesota Issue. — 50c. Anti-Sa- 
loon League. Franklin Bldg. 

Mudsiktidning. — 50c. 417 Hen- 
nepin Av. Musical. 

Northwestern Druggist. — $1. 
912 Lumber* Ex. 

Public Weal. — 25c. 803 Sykes 
Blk. Prohibition. 

Pythian Advocate. — $1. 201 Ma- 
sonic Temple. Knights of Pythias. 
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NEW-NOR 72 

LlTERATUKE. — 300 14th Av. S. E. 

School Education. — $1. 329 14th 
Av. S. E. 

SVENSKA FAMILJ JOURNAL. 50c. 

722 S. 4th St. Scandinavian. 

Svenska Roman Bladet. — $1.50. 
246 Cedar Av. 

Western Architect. — 518 S. 3d 
St. 

Quarterly. 

Clearing House Quarterly. — $5. 
719 Andrus Bldg. 

Annually. 

Blue Book of Minneapolis 
Clubs. — 50c. Hudson Pub. Co., 
404 Kasota Bldg. 

Dictionary of Minneapolis. — 
25c. Hudson Pub. Co., 404 Kasota 
Bldg. 

Minneapolis City Directory. — 
$7. 804 Globe Bldg. 

New York Life Building*. — Built 
in 1890 by the New York Life In- 
surance Co. It stands at the 
corner of 5th St. and 2nd Av. S. 
with a frontage of 150 feet on the 
former and 99 feet on the latter 
thoroughfare. In exterior appear- 
ance it is massive and substantial. 
The lower stories are of St. Cloud 
granite, with pressed brick above 
topped with an artistic balustrade 
and cornice of terra cotta. The 
building is perfectly fire proof. 
There are about 240 offices. 

Nicollet Avenue. — Beginning at 
Bridge Square Nicollet Avenue 
takes a southwesterly course to 
Grant St. and thence due south to 
the city limits. It is the most 
prominent street in the city. From 
1st to 8th Sts. it is crowded with 
retail stores and in fact almost 
monopolizes this class of trade. 
Architecturally the street is above 
the average. Its chief structures 
are the Andrus Bldg., Syndicate 
Blk., Minnesota Loan and Trust 
Company's building, The Glass 
Block, Donaldson building, Dayton 
Bldg. and Westminster Presbyte- 
rian church. Nicollet Avenue is 
80 feet wide. It is paved with 



granite below Washington Av. 
with asphalt from Washington to 
10th St. and with brick from 10th 
to Grant St. From Grant St. it 
is the route of the electric line to 
Washburn Park. 

Nicollet House. — One of the best 
known hotels in the Northwest. It 
fronts upon Washington, Nicollet 
and Hennepin avenues at the cen- 
ter of the street railway system of 
the city and within a short dis- 
tance of the principal railroad sta- 
tions and both the wholesale and 
retail districts. The Nicollet was 
established in 1857 and for nearly 
half a century has been a Minne- 
apolis landmark and a center of 
the city's life and activity. It is 
conducted on the European plan, 
and has accommodations for about 
300 guests. The cafe, on the main 
floor adjoining the office, has been 
remodeled and refitted and is one 
of the finest in the Northwest. 

Nicollet Island. — Directly oppo- 
site the center of the city and only 
a few hundred yards above the St. 
Anthony Falls. It is about half a 
mile long and divides the Missis- 
sippi river into the east and west 
channels. The latter is spanned 
by the "steel arch" bridge and the 
former by a stone arch bridge, the 
two forming with Central Av., the 
main thoroughfare to the east side. 
At the lower end of the island, fac- 
tories fill all the available space. 
The upper and larger portion is 
occupied by residences. 

Northeast Minneapolis. — That 
part of the city lying in the east- 
ern district and north of Central 
Av. and Division St. A popular 
term. 

North Minneapolis. — The com- 
mon designation for that part of 
the west division lying north of 
4th Av. N. 

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building- on First Av. S. bet. 
Fourth and Fifth Sts., erected in 
1003 and owned and occupied by 
the Northwestern National Bank. 
The architecture is strictly class- 
ical. The white marble facade 
is relieved by a handsome portico 
with six massive columns. The 
street front shows two stories, 
but the main banking" room in 
the rear extends the entire height 
of the structure and is lighted 
by a number of large skylights. 
The interior decoration is hand- 
some and in keeping with the 
commercial purposes of the build- 
ing. Every modern appliance 
and convenience for the business 
of banking is found in the build- 
ing. Kees & Colburn were the 
architects. 

Nurses. — A training school for 
nurses is maintained by the 
Northwestern Hospital Associa- 
tion, 2627 Chicago Av., and diplo- 
mas furnished upon graduation. 
A good nurse can usually be ob- 
tained by applying to any of the 
hospitals or to some reputable 
physician. 

Oak Grove.— -(W. 17th St.) Re- 
ceived its name from the large oak 
trees growing on the slope, 
through which it takes its course. 
It is one of the beautiful residence 
streets of the city. 

Oak Lake. — A section of the 
city lying between Western Av. 
and 6th Av. N. and Lyndale and 
Hoag Aves. It is laid out in park 
style. Western & 2nd St.; and the 
4th Av. S. & 6th Av. N, electric 
lines. 

Oak Park. — A sightly locality 
north of 6th Av. N., and west of 
Humboldt. It occupies high 
ground overlooking the city. 4th 
Av. S. & 6th Av. N. cars. 

Odin Club. — A social organiza- 
tion with club rooms in the Evans- 



73 NUR-ORG 

ton building, Sixth St. and Second 
Ave. S., S. E. Olson is president 
and Carl Ilstrup, secretary. 

Office Buildings.— Minneapolis is 
well supplied with office buildings 
of a high order. For a list of the 
more important ones see Build- 
ings. 

Officials. — (See City Officials.) 

Old Books. (See Book Stores.) 

Oldest House. — The first house 
erected in Minneapolis (west side) 
was that of Col. John H. Stevens 
built in 1849 on the bank of the 
river where the Union passenger 
station now stands. It was re- 
moved, years ago, to 16th Av. S. 
between 4th and 5th Sts. and later 
to Minnehaha Park where it is 
preserved as a memento of the 
early days of the city. 

Omnibuses. — A responsible con- 
cern operates busses for the trans- 
fer of passengers between depots 
and hotels; and pleasure omni- 
buses for excursions, may be had 
at the large livery stables. 

Opera Houses. (See Theatres.) 

Orchestral Association of Min- 
neapolis, The. — An incorporated 
body, under whose management 
are given the twenty-eight con- 
certs of the Minneapolis Sym- 
phony Orchestra and the Phil- 
harmonic Club, supported by a 
guaranty fund of about $30,000 
per year subscribed by 150 public 
spirited citizens. The officers are 
Elbert L. Carpenter, president; 
Edmund J. Phelps, vice president; 
Charles N'. Chadbourn, secretary 
and treasurer. 

(See Minneapolis Symphony Or- 
chestra and Philharmonic Club.) 

Organs.-— The finest pipe organs 
in the city are in the Auditorium 
and the following churches : Ply- 



ORP-PAR 74 

mouth, Westminster, First Bap- 
tist, Church of the Redeemer and 
First Congregational. 

Orphan Asylums. (See Benevo- 
lent Societies and Institutions.) 

Orpheum Theater. — Seventh St. 
near Hennepin Av. One of the 
newest and most complete of Min- 
neapolis' theatres. It was opened 
in 1904 and is devoted to vaude- 
ville at popular prices. 

Parade, The. — One of the newest 
of the city's parks. Lies west of 
Hennepin Av. and north of Ken- 
wood Parkway, immediately west 
of Loring Park. It comprises 
some 46 acres and is intended 
chiefly as a drill and play ground. 

Parcel Delivery Companies. — A 

full list with location of oflices 
may be found in the city directory. 
They will be found convenient for 
the delivery of small packages es- 
pecially where there are many for 
different addresses. 

Park Avenue. — A handsome resi- 
dence street corresponding to 7th 
Av. S., south from 10th St. It is 
100 feet wide with a 36 foot road- 
way paved with asphalt. 

Park Avenue Congregational 
Church. — At the corner of Park 
and Franklin Aves.; was com- 
pleted in 1888 at a cost about $75,- 
000. The church was organized 
on Oct. 14, 1867, with 20 members; 
it now has about 400 and a Sunday 
school enrollment of over 300. 8th 
& Central electric line. 

Park Commissioners. (See City 
Officials and Parks. ) 

Parks and Parkways. — Nature 
has supplied Minneapolis with all 
the requisites for the finest park 
system in the world. All that has 
been done in the way of improve- 
ment has simply been along the 
line of wise adaptation of the nat- 



ural advantages lying ready to 
the hand. But it required courage, 
wisdom and forethought, to bring 
about the present admirable condi- 
tion of the park properties of the 
city. 

Stated briefly the park system 
embraces a general plan of me- 
dium sized neighborhood parks, at 
convenient distances throughout 
the city, with an elaborate system 
of parkways and boulevards skirt- 
ing the lakes, and the gorge of the 
Mississippi, and connecting sever- 
al large parks in the outlying dis- 
tricts. The presence within or ad- 
joining the city limits of several 
sightly ridges, % no less than a 
dozen beautiful lakes, the pictur- 
esque Minnehaha creek (the outlet 
of Lake Minnetonka) and the re- 
nowned Minnehaha Falls, left no 
lack of natural material. E^iilding 
on these natural gifts, and sup- 
ported by public opinion, and fa- 
vorable legislation, the gentlemen 
in charge of the parks have ac- 
cumulated for the public, park 
properties valued at about $4,000,- 
000 and amounting to one acre to 
each 150 of the city's population, 
a larger area in proportion to pop- 
ulation than any other American 
city. The city owns about 2,465 
acres of park area with connecting 
and encircling driveways aggre- 
gating about 32 miles in length. 

Board of Park Commissioners. — 
The board of park commissioners 
was created in 1883. The law 
provides for the election of twelve 
commissioners who with the 
mayor, ex-officio, the chairman of 
the committee on public grounds 
and buildings, and the chairman of 
the committee on roads and 
bridges of the city council, ex- 
officio, constitute the board. It 
has power to obtain title to lands 
by purchase or condemnation and 
to assess the value of lands se- 
lected for parks upon the sur- 
rounding benefited property. The 
board further has power to issue 
bonds to pay for property ac- 



quired, close streets which may 
divide lands bought for park pur- 
poses, construct bridges, adopt 
police regulations and acquire and 
control park ways. One" very val- 
uable power given the board is 
that of planting and controlling 
shade trees on any streets or 
public grounds in the city. 

The Park System. — A look at 
the map will show that four large 
lakes lie along the southwestern 
boundary of the city while Minne- 
haha creek winds its way near the 
southern limits, finally tumbling 
over the cliffs and forming Minne- 
haha Falls, in the extreme south- 
easterly corner of the city. To 
reach these points of interest was 
of course the object of the park 
board in laying out the park sys- 
tem. The beautiful Loring Park 
(described elsewhere under its 
own heading) was from its loca- 
tion the natural point of begin- 
ning, and the place to which one 
must repair who wishes to view 
the park system most advantage- 
ously. Due west from Loring 
Park extends Kenwood Parkway. 
It is a broad avenue with walks 
and double rows of trees on either 
side. Like all the boulevards, it 
is beautified with occasional flower 
beds and ornamental shrubbery. 
Further on the drive occupies a 
ridge extending in a general south- 
westerly direction and command- 
ing fine views of the city and the 
lakes. At its southernmost end it 
connects with Lake of the Isles 
Boulevard which completely encir- 
cles the charming little lake of 
that name. Next south and con- 
nected by a drive of a few hundred 
yards is Lake Calhoun along whose 
eastern and southern shores the 
boulevard continues, now rising 
high above the water and again 
dropping almost to its level. A 
short distance farther south is 
Lake Harriet around which ex- 
tends the most beautiful part of 
the parkway system. The natural 



75 PAR-PAR 

contour of the lake shore has been 
preserved, in most places, with 
admirable effect. Between Lakes 
Calhoun and Harriet and north of 
the latter is a large tract of land 
acquired partly by the gift of the 
late Col. Wm. S. King and partly 
by purchase. From Lake Harriet 
southeasterly the parkway system 
extends along Minnehaha creek to 
the Falls. The driveway winds 
along the shores of the romantic 
stream, occasionally crossing and 
approaching or diverging as the 
formation of the land suggests. 
At Minnehaha Falls the parkway 
reaches a park of 142 acres which, 
with the adjoining grounds of the 
Minnesota soldiers home, form 200 
acres of parked land. From this 
point there is a parkway along the 
summit of the Mississippi river 
cliffs to Riverside Park about a 
mile below St. Anthony Falls. 

There are certain outlying parks 
and boulevards which as yet have 
no connection with the main sys- 
tem but with its development will 
be made a part of the whole. Of 
these Glenwood Park, Farview 
Park in North Minneapolis and 
several parks in the east division 
are the most prominent. Facts 
relating to the various parks are 
to be found under their own indi- 
vidual headings. (See City Offi- 
cers and Government.) 

Parks and Parkways. — Follow- 
ing is a list of the parks and park- 
ways with area of each, and a 
supplementary list of the drive- 
ways in these parks with the 
length of each : 

Barnes Place. — 0.57 acres; El- 
wood Av. and 8th Av. N. 

Bryant Square. — 3.68 acres: 
Bryant Av. S. and 31st St. 

Calhoun Terrace. — 20.50 acres' 
East Side of Lake Calhoun, bet 
C, M. & St. P. Ry. and 38th St. 

Camden Park. — 21.5 acres' 
Washington, Lyndale and 44th 
Avs. N. 

Cedar Avenue Triangle.-— O.021 
acres; Cedar Av, and 7th St. S, 



PAR-PAR 

Clifton Triangle. — 0.034 acres ; 
Clifton Av. and Clifton PL 

Columbia Park. — 166.20 acres; 
Central Av. and 31st Av. N. E. 

Cottage Park.- — 0.50 acres; 
James Av. and Ilion Av. N'. 

Dean Boulevard. — 15.90 acres; 
From southwest side of Lake of 
the Isles to and on north side of 
Lake Calhoun. 

Elliot Park. — 4.00 acres; 8th St. 
and 9th Av. S. 

Euclid Triangle. — .33 acres; Eu- 
ciid PL and W. 26th St. 

Franklin Steele Square. — 1.54 
acres; Portland Av. and 16th St. E. 

Farview Park. — 20.82 acres; 
Lyndale Av. and 26th Av. N. 

Glen Gale. — 1.65 acres; Irving 
Av. and 23rd Av. N. 

Glenwood Park. — 103.14 acres; 
Western Av. and Abbott Av. N. 

Highland Oval. — 0.058 acres; in 
Highland Av. near Royalston Av., 
in Oak Lake Addition. 

Hillside Triangle. — 0.50 acres; 
Hillside Av. and Logan Av. N. 

Hiyata Park. — 10.30 acres; Ken- 
wood Parkway and Fremont Av. 

Humboldt Triangle. — 0.35 acres; 
6th Av. N' and Elwood Av. 

Interlachen. — 25 . 50 acres; 
South of Lake Calhoun, from W. 
38th St. to W. 40th St. 

Irving Triangle. — 0.11 acres; 
Irving Av. and 22d Av. N. 

Jackson Square. — 2.32 acres; 22d 
Av. N E. and Jackson St. 

Kenwood Park. — 33.45 acres; bet. 
Logan, Franklin, Oliver, Kenwood 
Parkway and Morgan Avs. 

Kenwood Parkway. — 20.60 acres; 
from Lake of the Isles to Loring 
Park via Kenwood and Spring 
Lake. 

King's Highway. — 14.73 acres; 
from W. 38th St. to Lake Harriet 
via Dupont Av. and 46th St. 

Lake Amelia. — 409 acres; sur- 
rounding and including Lake 
Amelia. 

L a k e Calho ltn. — 3 8.09 n ores ; 
bet. Lake Calhoun and Lake of 
the Isles. 

Lake Harriet. — 408.00 acres; 
surrounding Lake Harriet and in- 
cluding "The Beard Plaisance." 



76 



Lake of the Isles Park — 155.98 
acres; surrounding and including 
Lake of the Isles. 

Lakeside Oval. — 0.316 acres; 
north of Lakeside Av. in Oak Lake 
Addition. 

Logan Park. — 10.08 acres; Broad- 
way and Monroe St. 

Loring Park. — 36.34 acres; Hen- 
nepin Av. and Harmon PI. 

Lovell Square. — 1.35 acres; Irv- 
ing Av. and 10 th A v. N. 

Lowry Triangle. — 0.16 acres; 
Hennepin Av. and Vineland PI. 

Lyndale Park. — 61.26 acres; bet. 

Lake Harriet Blvd. and Lakewood 

Cemetery, from King's Highway to 

Penn Av. S. 

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Lyndale Farmstead. — 18.49 
acres; 38th and Bryant Av. S. 

Maple Hill. — 8.04 acres ■ bet. 
Polk. Filmore, Summer and 
Broadway N. E. 

Minnehaha Park. — 142.04 acres; 
at Minnehaha Falls. 

Minnehaha Parkway. — 177.07 
acres; from Lake Harriet to Min- 
nehaha Falls via Minnehaha Creek 
and E. 48th St. 

Mount Curve Triangle. — 0.05 
acres; Mount Curve and Fremont 
Av. 

Murphy Square. — 3. 33 acres; 22d 
Av. S. and 7% St. 

Newton Triangle. — 0.12 acres; 
Hillside Av. and Newton Av. N. 

North Commons. — 25.74 acres; 
bet. Morgan, James, 16th and 19th 
Avs. N. 

N'ormanna Triangle. — 0.07 acres; 
Minnehaha Av. and E. 22d St. 

Oak Lake. — 1.33 acres; bet. 
Lakeside Av. and Border Av., in 
Oak Lake Addition. 

Oliver. Triangle. — 0.04 acres; 
21st Av. N. and Oliver Av. 

Powderhorn Lake Park. — 56.42 
acres; Tenth Av. S. and E. 32nd St. 

Rauen Triangle. — 0.027 
nth Av. N. and 5th St. 

Riverside Park. — 19.78 
6th St. and 26th Av. S. 

Richard Chute Square.— 1.07 
acres; University Av. and 1st Av. 
S. E. 

Royalston Triangle. — 0.20 
acres; 6th Av. N. and Royalston 
Av. 



acres; 



acres; 



77 

St. Anthony Parkway. — 82.50 
acres; East bank Mississippi river, 
Arlington St. to east city limits 
and Pleasant St., through Univer- 
sity campus. 

St. Anthony Heights. — 4.70 
acres; University Av. S. E. bet. 
Clarence and Malcom Avs. 

Small Triangle. — 0.01 acres; 
Royalston Av. and Highland Av. 

Smith Triangle. — 0.26 acres; 
Hennepin Av. and 24th St. 

Stevens Place. — 0.06 acres ; 
Portland Av. and Grant St. 

Stevens Square. — 2.48 acres; bet. 
18th and 19th, Stevens and 2d Avs. 

s. 

Stinson Boulevard. — 15. 10 acres; 
Oak St. from Division St. to 11th 
Av. N. E. 

Svea T r i a n G l e. — 0.089 acres; 
Riverside Av. and 26th Av. S. 

The Parade. — 57.39 acres; Ken- 
wood Parkway and Lyndale Av. 

Van Cleve Park. — 6.97 acres; 
Como Av. and 14th Av. S. E. 

Virginia Triangle. — .167 acres; 
Hennepin and Groveland Avs. 

Wilson Park. — 1.13 acres; 12th 
St. N. and Hawthorn Av. 

Windom Park. — 8.63 acres ; John- 
son St. and 25th Av. N. E, 

Washington T r i a n g l e. — 0.04 
acres; Washington St. and 8th Av. 
N. E. 

West Riverside Park, including 
Islands in River. — 175.36 acres; 
Mississippi River, Franklin Av. to 
Minnehaha Park. 

Drives in Parks and Parkways. 
Miles. 

Calhoun Boulevard 1.33 

Dean Boulevard 75 

Interlachen 25 

Kenwood Parkway 1.67 

King's Highway 1.20 

Lake Harriet, Circuit Drive. . 2.80 
Lake Harriet, Additional 

Drives 2.40 

Lake of the Isles 2.80 

Minnehaha Parkway 5 . 55 

St. Anthony Parkway 2.45 

Stinson Boulevard 75 

West Riverside Park 3 . 60 

Riverside Park 62 

Windom Park 22 

Farview Park 85 

Powderhorn Lake Park , .27 



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Glenwood Park 60 

Columbia Park 1.31 

Minnehaha Park 1.42 

Lyndale Park 80 

Water Areas. 

Acres. 

Lake Amelia 295 

Lake Harriet 353 

Lake of the Isles 100 

Powderhorn Lake Park 9 

Parochial Schools. — Schools con- 
nected with the Catholic church of 
the city have an enrollment of 
about four thousand pupils and 
are as follows : 

De La Salle Institute, high 
school for boys, Nicollet Island; 
Immaculate Conception, 3rd St. 
and 3rd Av. N. ; St. Margaret's 
Academy, 1301 Linden Av. ; Holy 
Angels' Academy, 643 N. 4th St.; 
Holy Rosary, 18th Av. S. and 24th 
St.; St. Joseph, 5th St. and 11th 
Av N.; St. Anthony of Padua, 2nd 
St. between 8th and 9th Aves. N. 
E.; St. Boniface, Cor. 2nd St. and 
7th Av. N. E.; Our Lady of 
Lourdes, Prince St. near Central 
Av.; St. Elizabeth, 1412 S. 8th St. 

Patrol Limits. — The boundaries 
of the region in which by special 
legislation the saloons of the city 
are compelled to remain. This 
territory is almost exclusively 
what is usually called the business 
district, making the residence 
parts of the city practically pro- 
hibition localities. (See Saloons.) 

Patrol Wagons. (See Police.) 

Paving". — Minneapolis has about 
120 miles of paved streets. As- 
phalt, sandstone, brick, granite 
and creosoted blocks are the ma- 
terials principally used. There 
are about 250 miles of curbstone 
in place. Most of this is of sub- 
stantial quarried stone, though an 
artificial cement curb is some- 
times used. (See Streets and 
Public Improvements.) 

Periodicals. (See Newspapers 
and Periodicals and Newsdealers. ) 



PHI-PIL 78 

Philharmonic Club. — An associa- 
tion of 350 men and women sing- 
ers, which gives, with the assist- 
ance of the Minneapolis Symphony 
Orchestra, four choral concerts 
during the winter season, one of 
which is always Handel's "Mes- 
siah," on Christmas Day. The 
concerts are all under the direc- 
tion of Emil Oberhoffer. The 
club is now in its nineteenth year. 
Officers, C. Ellis Fisher, presi- 
dent; E. C. Lawton, vice presi- 
dent; Geo. Lawther, treasurer, and 
Trafford N. Jayne, secretary. The 
club has headquarters at the Met- 
ropolitan Bldg., 41-43 S 6th St. 
(See Minneapolis Symphony Or- 
chestra and Orchestral Associ- 
ation of Minneapolis.) 

Photography. — There are many 
well equipped photographic gal- 
leries. Prominent are those of The 
Brush Studios, 33 and 35 S. 6th 
St.; Sweet, 605 Syndicate Arcade; 
C. C. Denton, 62 Syndicate Blk; 
Hubner, 1030 Nicollet; Shepard, 
2931 Portland Av. 

The thousands of amateur pho- 
tographers in the city include 
many artists of ability. Their or- 
ganization is the Minneapolis 
Camera Club which is a division 
of the Society of Fine Arts. The 
leading dealers in photographic 
supplies are : C. A. Hoffman, 624 
Nicollet Av.; E. B. Meyrowitz, 604 
Nicollet Av.; O. H. Peck Co., 116 S. 
5th St.; T. V. Moreau, 616 Nic. Av. 

Picnic Grounds. — For large 
parties the most desirable picnic 
grounds are on the shores of Lake 
Minnetonka. Spring Park reached 
by the Great Northern Ry., and 
Tonka Bay on the M. & St. L. Ry., 
are the most accessible by steam 
cars; while Big Island Park, a 
picnic park of 65 acres, managed 
by the Twin City Rapid Transit 
Company, is the largest resort of 
its kind in the northwest. It is 
reached by boats from the termi- 
nus of the Minnetonka electric 



line at Excelsior. Small com- 
panies can also be accommodated 
at these places and at scores of 
others about the lake. Nearer the 
city are the groves about Lake 
Calhoun and Harriet (Como-Har- 
riet electric line) and at Minne- 
haha Falls, reached by the Minne- 
haha line. If carriages or bicycles 
are used the roads about the city 
lead to many pretty places which 
are very retired. (See Excur- 
sions.) 

Pillsbury "A" Mill. — The great 
"Pillsbury A," stands on S. E. 
Main St. at the corner of 3d Av. 
S. E. It is built of stone, six 
stories high with dimensions of 
115x175 feet and a height from 
the bottom of the wheel pit to the 
roof of 187 feet. Work was be- 
gun on the mill in March, 1879, 
and it commenced operation in 
1881. The cost, equipped, was 
about half a million dollars. The 
machinery includes 370 pairs of 
rolls, 180 purifiers, 61 cleaning ma- 
chines, 117 bolting reels, 50 scalp- 
ers, 92 plansifters, 28 bran dust- 
ers, (nearly 1,000 machines), and 
the mill has a capacity of 16,113 
barrels of flour in twenty-four 
consecutive hours. About 65,000 
bushels of wheat are needed for 
the ordinary daily run. 350 men 
are employed, and the force fur- 
nished by the two immense turbine 
water wheels is 3,000 horse power. 
This is supplemented by an 1,800 
horse power steam engine. The 
arrangement of the machinery in 
this mill is such that it is the best 
to visit. (See Flour and Flour 
Mills. ) 

Pillsbury Hall. (See Univer- 
sity.) 

Pillsbury House. — The home of 
the settlement work conducted by 
Plymouth Congregational Church 
— for many years as the Bethel 
Settlement. The building is a 
beautiful and complete structure 



carefully adapted to the needs of 
settlement work. It was built in 
1906, the gift of Chas. S. and John 
S. Pillsbury as a memorial to their 
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. 
Pillsbury. The House is at 320 
16th Av. S. 

Pillsbury Library. — One of the 

most beautiful buildings in Min- 
neapolis is the Pillsbury library 
which was completed in 1903, and 
is occupied by the East Side 
branch of the public library. It is 
located at University Av. and 1st 
Av. S. E. This structure repre- 
sents a long-considered plan of the 
late John S. Pillsbury for the erec- 
tion of a public library for the 
special benefit of the "east side" 
where he lived during his half 
century of residence in Minneap- 
olis. The building is of white 
marble 90 feet long by 70 feet in 
depth, entirely fire proof and 
adapted perfectly to the modern 
ideas of a circulating and refer- 
ence library. It is beautifully fin- 
ished in mahogany, and is fur- 
nished with handsome mahogany 
furniture and the most modern 
steel book-stacks. Beside the reg- 
ular reading room, reference room, 
children's room and delivery 
room there is also a very com- 
fortable audience hall. The cost 
of the building was about $75,000. 

Places to Visit. (See Seeing 
the City, Drives, Excursions.) 

Plumbing" Inspection. — House- 
holders or tenants may secure the 
sanitary inspection of plumbing by 
making proper application at the 
health department office in the city 
hall. (See Health Department.) 

Plymouth Congregational 
Church. — The largest church in 
the denomination, and one of the 
most influential in the city. Its 
membership includes some of the 
wealthiest and most prominent 
of the citizens of Minneapolis. 
The church is always foremost in 



79 PIL-PLY 

the activities of the religious ele- 
ment of the community. The 
church was organized in 1857 with 
18 members. From 1875 until the 
summer of 1907 a church edifice 
at Eighth St. and Nicollet Av. was 
occupied and was one of the land- 
marks of the city. This building 
was sold early in 1907 and a new 
building was erected on Grove- 
land Av. between Nicollet Av. and 
Vine PI. This is one of the most 
beautiful and completely equipped 
churches in the city. 

The material used on the ex- 
terior of the church is seam face 
granite from St. Cloud, Minn., 
with trimmings of buff Bedford 
limestone from Indiana. The 
principal frontage is on Grove- 
land Av. The parish house is at 
the left, next Nicollet Av. Be- 
tween the parish house and the 
church proper and farther back 
from the street is the chapel, 
with the cloisters connecting the 
two. The entire mass of the 
building is well studied and piles 
up m pyramidal form. 

The church proper, seating 
about a thousand, is cruciform in 
plan, with a vestibule running 
across the full width, at the rear 
of nave, and a ga.llery over the 
vestibule. Stairs lead to this 
gallery, one from the auditorium 
and one in the tower. The pews, 
the gallery front and the organ 
case are all made of the same 
material. The roof trusses, of a 
very unique and pure Gothic de- 
sign, sweep across the building 
without unsightly tie rods to mar 
their beauty and are stained to 
match the oak below. 

From the auditorium a passage 
and the cloisters lead to the chap- 
el and the parish house. This 
part of the building is all finished 
with oak,, stained as in the audi- 
torium. 

The chapel is rectangular and 
is covered by an open trussed 
Gothic roof. With the gallery it 
will seat about 500 people. Open- 



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80 



ing from the chapel is the parlor, 
which in turn connects with the 
corridor of the parish house and 
other smaller rooms. The office 
and minister's reception room and 
the library are all on the main 
floor of the parish house. 

In benevolences and charities 
Plymouth Church has a remark- 
able record. An important branch 
of the church work is in the line 
of city missions and settlement 
work. At Pillsbury House at 320 
16th Av. S., are maintained read- 
ing rooms, gymnasiums, a kinder- 
garten, a day nursery, a Sunday 
school and institutional work of 
various kinds. Drummond Hall, 
at 2nd St. and 13th Av. N. E. is 
the home of a Sunday school, 
reading-room, sewing-school and 
kindergarten and other institu- 
tional work. Rev. H. P. Dewey, 
D. D., is pastor. 

Police. — The Minneapolis police 
force is composed of 325 men ap- 
pointed by the mayor and under 
the authority of a superintendent. 
Headquarters are in the City Hall. 
The city is divided into five police 
precincts, each in charge of a cap- 
tain and lieutenant. The police 
stations are located as follows : 

First Precinct, in City Hall. 

Second Precinct, 412 1st Av. S. E. 

Third Precinct, Cor. 19th Av. S. 
and 4th St. 

Fourth Precinct, 3rd St. near 
20th Av. N. 

Fifth Precinct, 213 E. Lake St. 

As adjuncts to the .First, Sec- 
ond, Third and Fourth precincts 
there are four patrol wagons kept 
in constant readiness to aid officers 
who have arrested unruly prison- 
ers. In case of mobs or riots the 
patrol wagons are valuable for 
bringing a large number of officers 
speedily to the scene of action. 
They are also used when raiding 
tough resorts, or gambling dens, 
or in making wholesale arrests. 
An ambulance is kept at the Cen- 



tral precinct, and a police surgeon 
is always on duty. 

Police Court. (See Municipal 
Court. ) 

Political Divisions. — Minneap- 
olis is divided into 13 wards for 
the administration of local govern- 
ment and contains several senato- 
rial and legislative districts. It is 
in the Fourth Judicial District and 
with the remainder of Hennepin 
County forms the Fifth Congres- 
sional District of the state. 

Wards and their Boundaries.— 
(It should be understood that 
where a street or avenue is men- 
tioned as a dividing line the mid- 
dle of the street is the actual line). 

Is* Ward.— Bounded on the west 
by the river, on the south by 
Bridge St., Nicollet Island. Cen- 
tral Av., on the east by N. E. 5th 
St., and on the north by the city 
limits. 

2nd Ward.— On the west and 
south by the river, on the east by 
city limits, on the north by Divi- 
sion St., S. E. 9th St., Central Av. 
and Bridge St. 

3rd Ward.— On the east by the 
river, south by 3rd Av. N., 6th St. 
and 6th Av. N., west by west city 
limits, north by 26th Av. N. 

4th Ward— On the north by 3rd 
Av. N., 6th St. and 6th Av. N., west 
by city limits, south by W. Frank- 
lin Av., (laid out and extended) 
and east by Nicollet Av., E. Grant 
St., 1st Av. S. and the river. 

bth Ward.— On the west by 1st 
Av. S., E. Grant St. and Nicollet 
Av., south by E. 24th St., east by 
10th Av. S. and north by river. 

6th Ward.— On north and east 
by river, south by S. 7th St., west 
by 10th Av. S. 

7th Ward.— On north by E. 24th 
St., east by Hiawatha Av., 28th St. 
and 21st Ay., south by city limits, 
west by Chicago Av. 

8th Ward— On north by Frank- 
lin Av., Nicollet Av., and E. 24th 
St., east by Chicago Av., south by 
34th St. (laid out and extended), 
west by western city limits. 

9th Ward.— On north and east 




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by city limits, south by Division 
and S. E. 9th Sts. and Central Av., 
west by N. E. 5th St. 

10th Ward— On north by city 
limits, east by river, south by 26th 
Av. N., west by west city limits. 

11th Ward.— On the north by S. 
7th St., east by river, south by E. 
24th St. and west by 10th Av. S. 

12th Ward.— On the north by E. 
24th St., east by river, south by 
city limits and west by 21st Av. 
S., E. 28th St. and Hiawatha Av. 

lZth Ward— North by 34th St., 
east by Chicago Av., south and 
west by city limits. 

State Legislative Districts.— 
Members of the state senate and 
house of representatives are elect- 
ed from the following' districts 
either wholly or partly within the 
city limits: 

28th District.— The 1st and part 
of 3rd wards is entitled to elect 
one senator and two representa- 
tives. 

39th District— 2 nd and 9th 
wards and the town of St. An- 
thony, is entitled to elect one sen- 
ator and two representatives. 

AOth District. — The 4th ward : 
one senator and two representa- 
tives. 

41st District— The 5th and 6th 
wards: one senator and four repre- 
sentatives. 

42nd District. — The 7th, 11th 
and 12th wards, the village of 
Edina, and the towns of Richfield, 
Blooming-ton, Eden Prairie and the 
village and town of Excelsior: one 
senator and two representatives. 

43rd District— The 8th and 13th 
wards of the city, and the towns 
of Corcoran, Greenwood, Medina, 
Independence, Minnetonka, Ply- 
mouth, Minnetrista, Maple Grove, 
Orono, Golden Valley, St. Louis 
Park, West Minneapolis, Minne- 
tonka Beach and Wayzata: one 
senator and two representatives. 

Uth District. — Part of 3rd 
ward and 10th ward and towns of 
Crystal, Robbinsdale, Osseo, Crys- 
tal Lake, Brooklyn, Champlin, 
Dayton and Hassan. 

Voting Precincts.— In compliance 
with the terms of the state law 
and for convenience in conducting 
elections the city is divided into 



158 precincts or election districts 
which are apportioned among the 
wards as follows: 

First, 10; Second 12; Third, 18; 
Fourth, 18; Fifth, 17; Sixth, 12; 
Seventh, 10; Eighth, 19; Ninth, 
11; Tenth, 7; Eleventh, 11; 
Twelfth, 6; Thirteenth, 7. 

Politics. — In national elections 
Minneapolis has ordinarily been 
classed as "republican" but in 
municipal elections there has been 
much fluctuation between the two 
prominent parties. Since 1880 six 
democratic and eight republican 
mayors have been elected. 

In 1887, the time of holding 
municipal elections was changed 
from April to November making 
them occur at the same time as 
the state and national elections. 
The vote of the City of Minneap- 
olis for mayor in the election of 
1908 showed 41,671 votes cast, as 
follows : 

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First 


816 


1567 


20 


34 


Second 


1597 


1357 


173 


51 


Third 


2052 


2615 


97 


111 


Fourth 


2404 


2258 


99 


97 


Fifth 


1941 


1973 


108 


68 


Sixth 


711 


1012 


34 


78 


Seventh 


1253 


1376 


103 


77 


Eighth 


3148 


1979 


202 


63 


Ninth 


1277 


1688 


129 


116 


Tenth 


983 


960 


53 


101 


Eleventh 


1209 


1301 


133 


72 


Twelfth 


828 


872 


47 


62 


Thirteenth . . 


1339 


856 


124 


47 


Total 


19558 


19814 


1322 


977 















Plurality 





256 








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The vote for mayor in the last 
two decades has been as follows : 

Rep. Dera, Pluralities. 

1880.. 3,039.. 1,690 Rand, R ...1,349 

1882.. 3,505.. 5,259 Ames, D 1,754 

1884.. 12,244.. 5,876 Pillsbury, R....6.388 

1886. .10,011. .15,151 Ames, D 5,140 

1888. .17,882. .14,759 Babb, R 3,123 

1890 . . 11, 000 . . 17, 200 Winston, D 5, 200 

1892. .17,910. .15,728 Eustis, R 2,182 

1894. .19,666. .15,343 Pratt, R 4,323 

1896. .25,401. .16,610 Pratt, R 8,791 

1898.. 9, 494.. 16,066 Gray, D 6,572 

1900. .17,292. .12,732 Ames, R 4,560 

1902. .14,437. .20,345 Haynes, D 5,908 

1904.. 18, 445.. 18, 189 Jones, R 256 

1906. .18,213. .21,778 Haynes, D 3,565 

1908.. 19,558.. 19, 814 Haynes, D 256 

There is a growing tendency, In 
local municipal politics, to inde- 
pendence of party lines. 

Population. — The following ta- 
ble shows the growth of the city 
in forty years according to the U. 
S. census : 

Gain in 
Population. 10 yrs. 

1850 538 

1860 5,849 5,311 

1870 18,079 12,230 

1880 46,887 28,808 

1890 164,738 117,851 

1900 202,718 37,980 

The figures for 1850 are those of 
the village of St. Anthony alone, 
Minneapolis not then being in ex- 
istence; those of 1860 and 1870 
are the combined population of 
the two towns. In 1872 the two 
places were permanently united. 
In the 10 years from 1880 to 1890 
Minneapolis gained 251.75 per cent 
in population, a rate of increase 
not equalled by any city of the 
same class. 

The state census of 1905 gave 
Minneapolis a population of 261,- 
974; a gain of 59,256 in five years. 
The population in the spring of 
1909 is estimated at 310,000. 

Portland Avenue. — The continu- 
ation of 6th Av. S. from 11th St. 
to city limits. It is 100 feet wide 
with broad sidewalks and grass 
strips. 



Post Office. — The government 
building at the corner of 1st Av. 
S. and 3rd St. was completed and 
occupied by the Minneapolis post 
office on Nov. 6, 1889. Like most 
government structures it was un- 
duly long in building and when it 
was completed the city for which 
it was originally planned had more 
than doubled in population. The 
site was purchased in 1882, exca- 
vation was begun in 1883 and ma- 
sonry work was commenced in 
1886. Including several additions 
the post office has cost about $1,- 
000,000. It stands upon about one- 
fourth of a city block but is only 
180x155 feet on the ground leav- 
ing ample space in the rear for 
light and access. The building is 
four and one-half stories high. 
The style of architecture is Ro- 
manesque. The material used in 
the construction of the building is 
sandstone, the foundation being 
St. Cloud granite and Mankato 
limestone. Granite columns are 
used for trimming. The whole Of 
the first and second floors is de- 
voted to the working force of the 
office and a public corridor giving 
access to boxes and department 
windows. The executive rooms in- 
cluding that of the cashier are lo- 
cated on the second floor. At the 
latter stamps are sold at whole- 
sale. On the second floor is also 
located the money order division; 
the registry department is on the 
first floor. In the extreme south- 
east corner of the building is the 
dispatching and receiving room. 
On the fourth floor are the two U. 
S. court rooms. Three rooms are 
devoted to the United States Dis- 
trict attorney, and the United 
States marshal. Two rooms on 
the third floor are used by the lo- 
cal civil service examining board. 
The official roster of the office in- 
cludes about 500 persons. 

Branch Offices. — There are 
eight branch post offices, as fol- 
lows : 



St. Anthony Falls Station.— 22$ 
Central Av. 

Riverside Station.— Cedar Av. and 
Srd St. 

Lyndale Station.— 2911 Lyndale At. 
S. 

Highland Station.— 1910 N. Wash- 
ington Av. 

Camden Station.— 4201 N. Washing- 
ton Av. 

Bloomington Station. — 1501 E. 
Lake St. 

Commerce Station.— Old Chamber 
of Commerce Bldg. 

Station F (Rural carriers).— 53d 
St. and Lyndale Av. S. 

These branch offices perform all 
the functions of a regular post 
office. In addition to these are 43 
numbered stations located in drug 
stores, which issue and pay mon- 
ey orders, register letters and sell 
stamps. 

Post Office Hours. — The gener- 
al post office is open for the recep- 
tion of mail from 5 o'clock a. m. 
to 11 o'clock p. m., and for gener- 
al business from 7:30 a. m. to 7 p. 
m., except Sundays. Cashier's of- 
fice, from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. For 
the transaction of registry busi- 
ness, from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m., and 
for money order business from 9 
a. m. to 9 p. m. 

The carrier stations are open for 
general business from 7 a. m. to 7 
p. m. 

The numbered stations in drug 
stores, etc., are open for business 
at all hours of the day and even- 
ing, including Sundays. 

Arrival and Departure of Mails. 
— Nearly all mails arrive and de- 
part both morning and evening. 
Eastern mails leave, usually, very 
early, the closing hour (varying 
with the railroad schedules) being 
ordinarily not later than 5:30 p. 
m. for the "fast mail." The im- 
portant eastern mails arrive from 
8 to 9 a. m. 

Delivery of Mails. — Through 
the central portion of the city 
from three to six carrier de- 



83 POS-POS 

liveries are made daily. Out- 
side one or two is the rule. On 
Sundays mail may be obtained at 
the post office and stations from 10 
to 11 a. m. A 10c "special deliv- 
ery" stamp secures immediate de- 
livery of a letter to any part of the 
city between 7 a. m. and 11 p. m. 
Ordinary stamps may be used for 
special delivery, provided the 
words "Special Delivery," or their 
equivalent, are written conspicu- 
ously on the envelope. 

Four Rural Delivery routes start 
from Station F., 53rd St. and Lyn- 
dale Av. S., supplying the districts 
included in Richfield and Bloom- 
ington townships. There are 600 
lock boxes in the post office which 
may be rented at prices ranging 
from $2 per quarter up. 

Collection of Mails. — Street 
boxes are located in all parts of 
the city and letter chutes are 
found in all office buildings of im- 
portance. From these boxes and 
chutes collections are made daily; 
from those in the business center 
many times during the 24 hours. 
Collection wagons within the cen- 
tral business district will call for 
large quantities of mail upon ap- 
plication. 

Rates of Postage. — Rates of do- 
mestic postage are as follows: 

First Class. — Letters and all 
written matter whether sealed or 
unsealed, and all other matter, 
sealed, nailed, sewed, tied or 
fastened in any manner so that it 
cannot easily be examined, two 
cents per ounce or fraction thereof. 
Postal cards lc, with "Return" 
card 2c. 

Second Class. — All regular news- 
papers and periodicals issued at 
intervals not exceeding three 
months, 1 cent for each four 
ounces. 

Third Class.— Printed books, 
pamphlets, circulars, engravings, 
lithographs, proof-sheets and man- 
uscript accompanying- the same 
and all matter of the same general 
character, and not having the 
character of personal correspond- 



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ence, circulars produced by hekto- 
graph or similar process, or by 
electric pen; limit of weight 4 
pounds, except single books ex- 
ceeding that weight, lc for each 
two ounces or fraction thereof. 

Fourth Class. — All mailable mat- 
ter not included in the three pre- 
ceding classes, which is so 
wrapped as to be easily examined. 
Rate, lc per ounce or fraction 
thereof. Limit of weight, 4 lbs. 
Liquids, and other like injurious 
matter, not admitted except under 
conditions which may be learned 
at the post office. 

Foreign Postage. — Canada, Mex- 
ico and British N. W. Provinces, 
except Newfoundland, same as 
U. S. Letter postage to all the 
principal foreign countries — five 
cents for each % ounce. News- 
papers and other printed matter 
lc. for each two ounces, payable 
in U. S. postage stamps. Postal 
cards 2c. 

Foreign Parcels Post. — ■ Un- 
sealed packages of mailable mer- 
chandise may be sent by Parcels 
Post to Germany, Jamaica, Bar- 
badoes, the Bahamas, British 
Honduras, Mexico, the Leeward Is- 
lands, the Republic of Columbia, 
Costa Rica, the Danish West In- 
dies and Salvador, British Guiana, 
Windward Islands and Newfound- 
land, Hong Kong, Japan, Norway, 
Belgium, Great Britain, Sweden, 
Peru, Denmark, Ecuador, Bermu- 
da and Australia at the postage 
rate of 12 cents per pound. 

Post Cards. — Post cards manu- 
factured by private parties bearing 
either written or printed messages 
are transmissible in the domestic 
mails prepaid 1 cent and in the 
mails of the Postal Union prepaid 
2 cents each, by stamps affixed, 
when they conform to the follow- 
ing conditions: 

Each card must be an unfolded 
piece of cardboard substantially 
of the quality and weight of paper 
used in the Government postal 
card and must not be larger in 
size than 3 9-16 by 5 9-16 inches, 
nor smaller than 2 15-16 by 4% 
inches. The cards may be of any 



color which does not interfere with 
a legible address and postmark. 
Advertisements and illustrations 
in any color may be printed upon 
either or both sides of a post card, 
but the same when on the face 
must not occupy more than one- 
half of the space on the left hand 
side, and a picture of very thin 
paper may be pasted on them. 
Cards bearing the words "Post 
card," but which do not conform 
to the conditions mentioned, are 
chargeable with postage accord- 
ing to the character of the mes- 
sage — at the letter rate if whol- 
ly or partly in writing or the 
third-class rate if entirely in 
print. 

Money Orders. — For money or- 
ders the following fees are 
charged: 

$2.50 or less, 3c; $5 or less, 5c; 
$10 or less, 8c; $20 or less, 10c; 
$30 or less, 12c; $40 or less, 15c; 
$50 or less, 18c; $60 or less, 20c; 
$75 or less 25c; $100 or less, 30c. 
Office open from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. 

Registry. — Registry fee, eight 
cents, which, with the postage, 
must be fully prepaid. Office 
open from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. All 
carriers are authorized to receipt 
for registered letters. 

Directing Mail. — Direct mail 
matter to a post office; writing the 
name of the state plainly; and if 
to a city, add the street and num- 
ber or post office box of the per- 
son addressed; or "general deliv- 
ery" if your correspondent is tem- 
porarily there. Write or print 
your own name and address upon 
the left hand upper corner of the 
wrapper of all classes of mail sent. 
This will insure its immediate re- 
turn to you for correction if im- 
properly addressed or insufficient- 
ly paid; and if it is not called for 
at destination, it can be returned 
to you without going to the Dead 
Letter office. 

Postal Business. — The receipts 
of the Minneapolis post office In 
1908 were $1,576,112.15 which was 
$28,957.69 larger than in 1907. 



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The money order business of the 
year aggregated $14,355,220. 

Presbyterian Churches. — An- 
drew Presbyterian church in East 
Minneapolis had its origin in the 
year 1857. On the west side the 
First Presbyterian church was or- 
ganized in 1853 and Westminster 
in 1857. The denomination now 
numbers the following 21 church- 
es and missions: 

Andrew. — Cor. 8th Av. S. E. and 

4th St. 

Bethany Chuech. — Cor. Ontario 
and Essex Sts. E. D. 

Bethlehem. — Cor. Pleasant Av. 
and W. 26th St. 

Chinese Mission. — Meetings held 
at Westminster Church, Cor. Nic- 
ollet Av. and 12th St. 

Colfax Chapel. — N. Colfax Av. 
bet. 37th and 38th Sts. 

Elim Chuech. — Cor. 30th Av. S. 
and 33rd St. 

Fifth. — Cor. N, Lyndale and 4th 
Av. N. 

Fiest. — Cor. Portland Av. and E. 
19th St. 

Franklin Avenue. — Cor. 23rd Av. 
S. and Franklin Av. 

Geace.— Cor. Humboldt Av. and 
28th St. 

Highland Paek. — Cor. 21st A v. 
N. and Emerson Av. 

Hope Chapel. — Wash. Av. bet. 
19th and 20th Avs. N. 

House of Faith. — Cor. Broadway 
and Jefferson Sts. N. E. 

Olivee. — Cor. Bloomington Av. 
and E. 27th St. 

Peovidence Mission. — 3249 17th 
Av. S. 

Riveeside. — Cor. 20th Av. S. and 
2% St. 

Rosedale Chapel. — Cor. Nicollet 
and 42nd St. 

Shiloh. — Cor. 24th Av. N. E. and 
Central Av. 

Stewart Memorial. — Cor. Stev- 
ens Av. S. and 32nd St. 

Welsh.— 2019 17th Av. S. 

Westminster. — Cor. Nicollet Av. 
and 12 th St. 



Prisons. (See Police, 
House and Workhouse.) 



Court 



Private Schools. — There are a 
number of successful institutions 
of this class. Among them may 
be mentioned: 

Graham Hall. — 1800-04 1st Av. 
S. Boarding and day school for 
girls. 

Handicraft Guild. — 89 S. 10th 

St. 

Holy Angels Academy. — 4th St. 
and 7th Av. N. Boarding and day 
school for girls. 

Minneapolis Academy. — 1228 4th 
St. S. E. Preparatory school for 
boys and girls. 

Stanley Hall. — 2118-2122 Pleas- 
ant Av. Boarding and day school 
for girls. 

St. Margaret's Academy. — 13 th 
St. and Hawthorn Av. Grammar 
and high school for girls. 

Probate Court. — The rooms of 
the Hennepin county probate court 
are in the court house on 4th St. 

Produce Exchange. — The Min- 
neapolis Produce Exchange is com- 
posed of commission merchants 
and dealers handling fruit, eggs, 
butter, poultry and this class of 
goods. Sixth St. and 2nd Av. N. 

Prominent Building's. (See 
Buildings.) 

Protestant Episcopal Churches. 

(See Episcopal Churches.) 

Public Improvements. — All pub- 
lic improvements are under the 
direct control of the city council 
and its committees and under the 
immediate supervision of the city 
engineer. An exception must be 
made in the case of parks, which 
are under the management of the 
board of park commissioners. (See 
Parks.) Street grading is paid for 
by a regular assessment for each 
ward, which is added to the gener- 
al tax levy. The amounts thus 
raised are disbursed under the di- 
rection of the aldermen of each 



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ward, a "street commissioner" 
having" charge of the actual work. 
The cost of paving, curb and gut- 
ter, sewers, water mains and side- 
walks (the latter when not laid 
by the owner) is assessed upon 
abutting property at an equal rate 
per front foot, the city, however, 
paying for all such work at 
the intersection of streets. 
(See Paving, Seweks, Bkidges, etc.) 

Publicity Club. — An orgraniza- 
8945 — Hudson Alt — Four Mert 

tion of men interested in the dis- 
semination of reliable and up-to- 
date information regarding the 
resources, growth and advantages 
of the City of Minneapolis, the 
State of Minnesota and the 
Northwest; the fostering of a 
spirit of trade fellowsliip among 
its members, the encouragement 
of the study of advertising as a 
scientific and profitable occupa- 
tion; the promotion of all that 
concerns the commercial, manu- 
facturing and residential advan- 
tages of Minneapolis and Minne- 
sota; the establishment and main- 
tenance of fraternal and mutually 
helpful relations with all other 
organizations of kindred object. 
The club was organized in 1907 
and has become a large factor in 
the development of "The City 
Beautiful," and is admittedly one 
of the most valuable non-official 
organizations for residential and 
commercial progress. Its noon- 
day lunches, held each alternate 
Wednesday, at which speakers of 
authority address the club, have 
a large educational value. W. L. 
Harris is president; W. W. Hef- 
felfinger. first vice president; L. 
S. Donaldson, second vice presi- 
dent; W. S. Harris, treasurer; J. 
M. Quilty, secretary. 

Public Library.— Cor. 'Hennepin 
Av. and 10th St. The public libra- 
ry was the outgrowth of a pri- 
vate institution, the Athenaeum, 
incorporated in 1860 and endowed 



by Dr. Kirby Spencer. In 1884 
steps were taken to establish a 
public library with the under- 
standing that a consolidation with 
the Athenaeum should be effected, 
and upon the establishment of the 
library board, a contract was made 
by the terms of which the Athe- 
naeum was to place its entire col- 
lection in the city library build- 
ing. % 

By the terms of the public li- 
brary act, $50,000 in private sub- 
scriptions was required to sup- 
plement the public issue of bonds. 
This sum was secured in a few 
weeks, such prominent men as T. 
B. Walker, (who was a leader in 
the enterprise from the start), C. 
A. Pillsbury, Thos. Lowry, W. D. 
Washburn, Clinton Morrison, C. G. 
Goodrich, W. S. King and J. Dean 
subscribing $5,000 each. The site 
cost $63,867. Work was begun on 
the building in 1886 and it was 
completed and furnished in 1889 
at a cost of $270,000 more. It is 
occupied by the library, the Min- 
neapolis Society of Fine Arts and 
the Minnesota Academy of Natural 
Sciences. (See the separate de- 
scriptions.) The librarian is Miss 
Gratia Countryman. 

The Building. — The building has 
a frontage of 116 feet on Henne- 
pin and 150 on 10th St., and is 
three stories above the basement. 
The walls are Lake Superior brown 
stone. The main entrance on Hen- 
nepin Av. consists of two door- 
ways, each 11 feet wide and 12% 
feet high, and surmounted by a 
polished gray granite cap stone, 
the two being separated by a clus- 
ter of three polished granite 
shafts. The entire front is broken 
up with large arched windows 
with elaborately carved casements 
and cap stones. The architecture 
is Romanesque. Just within the 
entrance there is a staircase hall 
36 feet square and extending up- 
ward 80 feet. The grand stair- 
case, J. J feet wide, runs up the 



centre of the hall to the first floor 
landing-, and on either side are 
secondary flights leading upward 
and downward, with landings mid- 
way between the floors. 

On the first floor is the general 
reading room in the northeast cor- 
ner, the open shelf room in the 
northwest corner and the delivery 
room at the head of the stairway. 
The mahogany wainscot in the 
reading and open shelf rooms ex- 
tends over six feet high. In each 
apartment is a magnificently 
carved mantel. All other apart- 
ments are finished in quartered 
oak. The corner room over the 
general reading room is devoted 
to the directors, and next above is 
the working room of the Society 
of Fine Arts. Book stacks occupy 
the 10th St. side on the basement 
and first floor, and the first floor of 
a new wing on the side toward 
11th St., while the art department 
occupies the second floor. This 
department is shelved with steel 
roller shelves, and furnished with 
large sloping desks and tables, and 
is now the finest department of 
its kind in the West, filling a 
room 28x103 feet. The librarian's 
room in the southwest corner of 
the building is connected with the 
book rooms and work rooms. 

Books and the Book Rooms — In 
December, 1889, when the library 
was opened there were about 30,- 
000 books upon its shelves. In 
December, 1908, there were over 
179,000 books and the number is 
constantly increasing. During 
1888 Mr. Herbert Putnam, then 
librarian, spent some time abroad 
and secured some 17,000 volumes, 
of especial value, at very low 
prices. The peculiarly happy union 
of two purchasing funds— one the 
Athenaeum fund, designed more 
especially for the purchase of ref- 
erence material, and the other the 
money raised by general taxation, 
and therefore, naturally, appropri- 
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literature — has enabled the libra- 
rian to build up both the refer- 
ence and the more popular depart- 
ments, with a very unusual inde- 
pendence. The result is, that the 
library while not a very large one, 
contains a great deal of expensive 
reference material in the way of 
long sets of serial publications of 
learned societies, illustrated works 
on natural science, etc., very rare- 
ly to be met with in a free city 
library of its size. The three main 
reading rooms accommodate 250 
readers. Thirty-eight alcoves, 
with desks and chairs, afford quar- 
ters for investigators and stu- 
dents. The capacity of the library 
is over a half million volumes. 

There are about 55,000 borrow- 
ers' cards out and an average of 
2,000 books are issued each day. 

Branches. — Eight branches of 
the library have been opened; one 
on .Emerson Av. near 20th av N., 
one on Franklin and Bloomington 
Aves., one at University Av. and 
1st Av. S. E., one at 231 Cedar Av., 
on Seven Corners, one at New Bos- 
ton (24th and Central), one in 
the Court House, one at 2018 24th 
Av. S., and one at Lake St., and 
Lyndale Av. These branches have 
reading rooms supplied with 
various magazines and periodicals. 
Besides the branches there are 
also ten delivery stations where 
books called for are delivered: 
"F," Nicollet Av. and 26th St.; "G." 
Bloomington Av. and Lake St.; 
"I," Oak St. and Washington Av. 
S. E.; "K," 6th Av. N. and Hum- 
boldt; "P," at Lake and Minne- 
haha; "R," at 43rd St and Upton 
Av. S.; "T," at Prospect Park, 
Bedford and University Av. S. E. ; 
"V," at 43d and Nicollet; "W," 
at 35th and Chicago Av. ; "X," at 
15th and Como Av. S. E. (See 
Pillsbury Library. ) 

Regulations. — The Library is 
open on all week days, not legal 
holidays, from 8:30 a. m. till 10 
p. m.; but no books are issued for 



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circulation after 8:30 p. m. The 
reading rooms and reference de- 
partments are open on Sundays 
and legal holidays from 2 until 10 
p. m. 

Each adult borrower may have 
two cards, on only one of which 
fiction can be drawn. 

Books may be retained for 14 
days, and may be renewed for the 
same period. Books of recent 
purchase, marked "Seven Day 
Books," may not be retained more 
than one week and cannot be re- 
newed. Nor can any fourteen day 
book, retained over the fourteen 
days, be renewed. 

A fine of 2 cents a day must be 
paid on each volume which is not 
returned according to rule. 

In addition to the 500 periodi- 
cals and newspapers to be found 
in the reading rooms the library 
circulates copies of twenty of the 
more popular magazines, the total 
of such copies amounting to 400 
per month, and the time being re- 
stricted to three days. 

In the case of books of great 
popularity, in addition to the five 
regular copies furnished, the li- 
brary provides C. D. (collection of 
duplicates) copies, the number 
varying according to the demand, 
which are loaned at a charge of 
5c a week. 

Public Playgrounds. — The Civic 
Improvement League has been in- 
strumental in securing public 
playgrounds on or near certain 
school premises in the poorer 
parts of the city. In some of the 
parks places are set aside for 
sports, tennis, croquet, base ball, 
etc., and sand piles are provided 
for the children. (See Civic Im- 
provement League and Parade.) 

Public Schools. — In point of ef- 
ficiency, thoroughness, quality of 
teaching force, buildings and gen- 
eral management, the public 
schools of Minneapolis are as well 
equipped as the best. The board 



of education (See City Officers) 
is chosen directly by the people. 
Prof. Chas. M. Jordan is the super- 
intendent of schools. Minneapolis 
has now a very satisfactory group 
of school buildings. It is the ac- 
cepted policy "to build well and 
cheaply; to plan pleasing, substan- 
tial and commodious structures; 
to fi^ them with all modern im- 
provements; to make matters of 
plumbing, lighting, heating and 
ventilation of vital importance; to 
make, in short, a perfect school 
building, with due regard mean- 
while to economy." In the new 
buildings the light enters all 
school rooms from the left side 
and from behind the seated pupil. 
Two stories and a basement are 
the model. The basement pro- 
vides for play rooms, manual 
training shops, etc. 

There are 65 school buildings in 
the city, over 1,000 teachers and 
about 44,000 pupils enrolled. There 
are five high schools with an en- 
rollment of about 4,000 pupils. 

Manual training is taught in the 
high school course of four years 
with the greatest success. The 
system employed is designed to 
give skill and precision in the 
handling of tools and to give the 
pupil a training in mechanical 
principles, in drawing, in design- 
ing and in the treatment of mate- 
rials, that will enable him very 
readily to acquire the practical 
technique of any particular me- 
chanical trade. It also fits him 
for a course in mechanics offered 
by any university in the United 
States. Aside from this direct 
preparation for higher mechanical 
pursuits the manual training work 
does not lose sight of its primary 
and original purpose of develop- 
ment of mind and character through 
the training of eye and hand. 
(See Industrial Education.) 

Commercial courses have been 
recently added to the high school 
curriculum and are proving prac- 
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taught in appropriate grades and 
the teaching of drawing, and clay 
modeling in lower grades, the use 
of certain kindergarten methods in 
the primary rooms, and the gener- 
al teaching of music are carried 
on with success. 

The whole tendency of the im- 
provements in the Minneapolis 
school system has been to develop 
the individuality of the pupil, to 
train his judgment, to give him 
the use of his native powers. 

In connection with the state uni- 
versity the school system of the 
city has a certain completeness 
within itself. The pupil may pass 
through all grades into the uni- 
versity, or may from the high 
school enter one of the state nor- 
mal schools, and in due time se- 
cure a position as a teacher in the 
schools. 

The schools open about the 1st 
of September and close with the 
Friday nearest the 10th of June. 
Holidays occur on Labor day, at 
Thanksgiving, from Christmas to 
New Year's, Washington's and 
Lincoln's Birthdays, at Easter and 
on Memorial day. Owing to the 
continuous erection of new build- 
ings and the rapidly increasing 
population, the boundaries of 
many of the school districts are 
changed quite frequently. Cor- 
rected descriptions of the district 
boundaries are published in the 
daily papers at the opening of the 
school year. 

The offices of the school board 
and superintendent are in the city 
hall where the clerk of the board 
is to be found. Regular board 
meetings are held on the second 
and last Tuesdays of the month. 
Running expenses of the school 
system are about $1,500,000 an- 
nually. 

Names and Locations of Schools. 

Centeal High. — 4th Av. S. bet. 
11th and 12 th Sts. 

^vst High. — 4th St. and 1st Av. 
S. E. 



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Nokth High. — Fremont and 17th 
Avs. N. 

South High. — Cedar Av. and E. 
24th St. 

West High. — Hennepin Av. and 
28th St. 

Adams. — 16th and Franklin Avs. 

Blaine. — 3rd St. and 12th Av. N. 

Bbemer. — Fremont and 32nd 
Avs. N. 

Beyant. — 37th St. and Clinton 
Av. 

Bryn Mawr. — Russell Av. and 
Cedar Lake Road. 

Calhoun. — Girard Av. near Lake 
St. 

Clay.— 4th St. and 20th Av. S. 

Clinton. — Clinton Av. and 28th 
St. 

Columbus. — Winter St. and 24th 
Av. S. E. 

Coecoran. — 34th St. and 19th Av. 
S. 

Douglas. — Franklin and Dupont 
Avs. 

Emerson. — 14th St. and Spruce 
PL 

Eugene Field. — Portland Av. and 
E. 48th St. 

Everett. — University and 6th 
Avs. N, E. 

Franklin. — 4th St. and 15th Av. 
N. 

Garfield. — Chicago Av. and 24th 
St. 

Grant. — Girard and 12th Avs. N. 

Greeley. — 26th St. and 12th Av. 
S. 

Hamilton. — Camden Place. 

Haeeison. — James and 4th Avs. 
N. 

Hawthoene. — 6th St. bet. 24th 
and 25th Avs. N. 

Holland. — Washington St. and 
17 th Av. N. E. 

Holmes. — 5th St. and 3d Av. S. 

E. 

Horace Mann. — Chicago Av. and 
24th St. 

Humboldt.- — Main St. and 13th 
Av. N. E. 

Irving.™ 28th St. and 17th Av. S. 

Jackson. — 4th St. and 15th Av. 
S. 

Jeffeeson. — 7th St. and 1st Av, 
N. 



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Kenwood. — S. Perm bet. Frank- 
lin Av. and W. 21st St. 

Lake Harriet. — Sheridan Av. and 
42nd St. 

LaFayette. — Laurel and Lyn- 
dale Avs. 

Lincoln. — Penn and 10th Av. N. 

Logan. — Emerson and 18th Avs. 
N. 

Longfellow. — Lake St. and Min- 
nehaha Av. 

Lowell. — 22nd St. and 23rd Av. 
N. 

Lyndale. — Lyndale Av. and W. 
34th St. 

McKinley. — Bryant and 37th Av. 
N. 

Madison. — 5th Av. S. bet. 15th 
and 16th Sts. 

Marcy. — 7th St. and 11th A v. 
S. E. 

Margaret Fuller. — Harriet Av. 
and W. 48th St. 

Minnehaha. — 51st St. bet. 38th 
and 39th Avs. S. 

Monroe. — Franklin and 23rd 
Avs. S. 

Motley. — Oak St. and Washing- 
ton Av. S. E. 

Nicollet. — Upper Nicollet Is- 
land. 

Peabody. — 2V 2 St. and 19th Av. 
S. 

Penn. — Penn and 36th Avs. N. 

Pierce. — Fillmore St. near 
Spring St. N. E. 

Pillsbury. — B. St. and 23rd Av. 
N. E. 

Prescott. — Taylor St. and 25th 
Av. N. E. 

Rosedale. — Wentworth Av. and 
W. 43rd St. 

Seward.— 24th St. and 28th Av. 
S. 

Schiller. — 26th Av. N. E. and 
California St. 

Sheridan. — Broadway and Uni- 
versity Av. N. E. 

Sidney Pratt. — Malcolm and Or- 
lin Avs. 

Simmons. — Minnehaha Av. and 
38th St. 

Sumner. — Aldrich and Sixth 
Avs. N. 



Tuttle. — Tuttle St. andTalmage 
Av. S. E. 

Van Cleve. — 25th Av. and Jeffer- 
son St. N. E. 

Yv^ashington. — 8th Av. S. and 6th 
St. 

Webster. — Summer and Monroe 
Sts. N. B. 

.Whittier. — Blaisdell Av. and 
26th St. 

(See Education, University, In- 
dustrial Education, etc.) 

Pumping 1 Stations. — (See Water 
Works.) 

Quarantine Station. — An isola- 
tion station for the detention of 
persons afflicted with smallpox, lo- 
cated west of Eake Calhoun. In 
charge of the Health department 
(which see). 

Radisson Hotel. — Under con- 
struction in 1909 and to be opened 
about September 1st. This will 
be one of the finest hotels in the 
west. It is a twelve story struc- 
ture on Seventh St., near Nicollet 
A v., entirely fire-proof and to be 
equipped in the most modern 
way. It will have 250 rooms be- 
sides the quarters of the Min- 
neapolis Commercial Club which 
will occupy the entire eleventh 
and twelfth floors. The main en- 
trance on Seventh street leads 
directly into the hotel lobby, 
forty by eighty feet, finished in 
marble and equipped with every 
convenience. Five electric ele- 
vators will give access to the 
upper floors. The dining room 
is at the right of the lobby and 
the parlors are on the second 
floor. Throughout the building 
the corridors wil be finished uni- 
formly and the door casings will 
be in white enamel with one- 
panel mahogany doors. A com- 
plete telephone system will be in- 
stalled. Ventilation and heating 
systems will be up-to-date. In 
every respect the Radisson will 
be equipped to compare favorably 
with the best eastern hotels. 



Railroads. — Ten great railways 
afford transportation facilities for 
Minneapolis. Their numerous 
branches and divisions, if counted 
separately, would double the num- 
ber. Trains arrive and depart 
daily over a score of routes. The 
railway systems represented in the 
city aggregate about 40,000 miles 
of lines, and include the strongest 
corporations of the kind in the 
West. Seven railways connect 
Minneapolis with Chicago and the 
eastern lines there terminating, 
but the city is in a measure inde- 
pendent of Chicago. The Minne- 
apolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste Marie 
Railroad, with its Canadian Pa- 
cific connection to the east, north 
of Lake Michigan, and several 
"lake and rail" routes via Duluth, 
Green Bay, Milwaukee and Glad- 
stone, practically control the rate 
situation, and competition does 
the rest. To the westward there 
is a choice of four routes to the 
Pacific coast. Every section of 
"Wisconsin, Minnesota, the Dako- 
tas, Nebraska and Montana is in 
direct communication with Minne- 
apolis. 

The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. 
Paul, Northern Pacific, Great 
Northern, "Soo" line, Wisconsin 
Central, Chicago, St. Paul, Minne- 
apolis & Omaha ("The Northwest- 
ern Line"), Chicago Great Western, 
C. R. I. & P. and Minneapolis & St. 
Louis have acquired extensive 
terminal facilities in the city. 
(See Railroad Stations, Ticket 
Offices, etc.) 

Railroad Shops. — The Chicago, 
Milwaukee & St. Paul, the Minne- 
apolis & St. Louis and the "Soo" 
railways have extensive shops in 
the city, and take rank among the 
largest local employers of skilled 
labor. The aggregate value of the 
real estate, terminal property and 
shops owned by these companies 
is very large, probably exceeding 
$8,000,000. The total number of 
hands employed in the shops is 



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about 2,000, and their earnings 
per annum amount to over $1,000,- 
000. 

Railroad Stations. — Passenger 
trains of five railroads entering 
the city, arrive at and depart from 
the Union passenger station which 
is situated at Bridge Square and 
the river, at the foot of Hennepin 
and Nicollet Aves. and 1st Av. S. 
This station is used by the Great 
Northern; Northwestern Line; 
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; 
Wisconsin Central and North- 
ern Pacific. The building is 
of red pressed brick, two sto- 
ries above the street grade, with 
a tower containing a clock the 
faces of which are illuminated 
at night. There are waiting, re- 
freshment and baggage rooms and 
a general ticket office for all roads 
using the station. The tracks are 
all below grade, the trains being 
reached by broad iron stairways 
and a passenger elevator. As 
about 100 trains use the station 
daily the advantage of doing away 
with adjacent grade crossings is 
evident. Como-Harriet; Oak & 
Harriet; Kenwood & 8th St. S. E.; 
8th & Central; Monroe & Bryant 
and Western & 2nd St. N. E. elec- 
tric lines. 

The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. 
Paul passenger station is on 
Washington Av. at the corner of 
3rd Av. S. It is a handsome new 
building, three stories in height 
and surmounted by a lofty clock 
tower. There are commodious 
waiting rooms, baggage rooms, 
and all the conveniences of a mod- 
ern railway passenger station. 
The train sheds are on the level 
of the main floor of the station. " 
Besides the C. M. & St. P. R'y the 
C. R. I. & P. and Minneapolis, 
St. Paul & Sault Ste Marie rail- 
roads use this station. St. Paul 
& Minneapolis; Minnehaha or Ce- 
dar & Emerson electric cars. 

The Chicago Great Western de- 
pot is at the corner of Washington 



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and 10th Av. S. Same electric 
lines as C. M. & St. P. station. 

The Minneapolis & St. Louis 
R'y has its own station at Wash- 
ington and 4th Aves. N. It is 
within easy walking distance from 
the business center and the Wash- 
burn Park & Camden; 1st Av. S. & 
20th Av. N. ; Cedar & Emerson and 
the Plymouth & Bloomington elec- 
tric cars pass the station. 

(See Ticket Offices, Railroads.) 

Railroad Ticket Offices. (See 
Ticket Offices.) 

Reading 1 Booms. — There are 
reading rooms at the public libra- 
ry, Cor. Hennepin Av. and 10th 
St., where an exceedingly , fine col- 
lection of magazines and newspa- 
pers is on file. Readers also have 
the use of the extensive reference 
department, and in fact of all the 
books in the library. The rooms 
are open from 8:30 a. m. to 10 p. 
m.; on Sundays from 2 p. m. till 
10 p. m. Any person of good de- 
portment may use the reading 
rooms and consult works in the 
library whether a card holder or 
not. Besides the central library 
reading rooms each of the eight 
branches has a large well lighted 
reading room liberally supplied 
with periodicals. (See Public Li- 
brary.) A large collection of 
newspapers and periodicals is to 
be found at Young Men's Chris- 
tian Association reading rooms at 
10th St. and Mary Place. These 
are free to men and are open from 
9 a. m. to 9:30 p. m. and on Sun- 
day from 9 to 10 a. m. and from 
2:30 to 6:30 p. m. (See Libraries.) 

Real ZSstate. — There are about 
500 real estate agents or firms 
whose names appear in the Min- 
neapolis directory. As some of 
these employ many clerks and as- 
sistants it is safe to say that there 
are at least a thousand persons 
engaged in the business in the 
city. The daily transfers of real 



estate, as recorded in the office of 
the register of deeds, are pub- 
lished in the papers and scanned 
with interest. There has been a 
decidedly healthy movement in 
Minneapolis real estate in late 
years. Business property has 
been the object of liberal invest- 
ment and residence lots and houses 
have been in active demand. An 
unusually large number of dwell- 
ings have been erected for occu- 
pancy by the owners — this tenden- 
cy being quite as noticeable among 
the wage earners as among people 
of means. Business and residence 
property sell at less prices than 
in other cities of the same size 
and for this reason considered a 
most excellent investment. 

The real estate transfers in 
1908 aggregated $19,019,063; the 
building permits $11,873,940. 

The real estate transfers by 
years since 1901 have been as fol J 
lows: 

1901 $11,557,585 

1902 16,873,104 

1903 13,811,346 

1904 13,565.470 

1905 18,125,485 

1906 17,542.400 

1907 24.911.962 

1908 19,019,063 

Real ZSstate Board. — An organi- 
zation of the leading real estate 
and financial agents for mutual 
advantage in the buying, selling 
and renting of real estate, the 
loaning of money upon the same 
and the promotion of the interests 
of the city of Minneapolis. The 
Board was organized in May, 1892. 
and reorganized in the spring of 
1900 upon a very substantial and 
business-like basis, its member- 
ship consisting of the representa- 
tive real estate and loaning houses 
of the city. The officers are: R. D. 
Cone, president; Jas. T. Elwell, 
vice president; Alvin V. Skiles, 
treasurer; H. F. Newhall, secre- 
tary. Executive committee : Mer- 
rill Bartlett, chairman, W. Y. 



Chute.. Walter h. Badger, R. D. 
Cone, C. I. Fuller, S. S. Thorpe 
and C. N. Chadbourn. The work 
of the valuation committee of the 
real estate board is especially 
valuable to the community and 
the members of the same, under 
the rules, must personally exam- 
ine every piece of property ap- 
praised. It consists of five mem- 
bers, and the valuations are re- 
liable and unbiased. Regular 
meetings are held on the second 
Wednesday of each month. In- 
formation may be secured and ap- 
plications for valuations made 
through the secretary of the board, 
whose office is at 633 Andrus Bldg. 
The membership of the board is 
about 125. (See Rental Board.) 

Religious Societies. — In the fol- 
lowing list are found the more 
prominent religious associations 
of the city or those having local 
representatives here. Those of 
most importance are also found 
under separate heads. 

American Baptist Mission Union. 
— 703 Lumber Exchange. 

American Sunday School Union 
of Minn. — 517 Kasota Bldg. 

Christian Worker's Mission. — 
29 S. Washington Av. Wm. A. 
Petran, director. 

Congregational Club of Minne- 
sota. — Rev. L. Curtis Talmage, 
Sec, Oak Park Church, Minneap- 
olis. 

Congregational S. S. & Pub. So- 
ciety. — 705 Oneida Bldg. 

Hennepin County Bible So- 
ciety. — 710 Nicollet Av. 

Methodist Episcopal Missionary 
and Church Extension Society. — 
F. F. Lindsay, secretary. 

Minnesota Baptist State Con- 
vention. — 701 Lumber Exchange. 

Peoples' Mission. — 1115 S. 3rd 
St. Sup't, Rev. C. H. Sweatt. 

Union City Mission. — 122-24 
Washington Av. S. C. M. Stock- 
ing, superintendent. 

Woman's Christian Association. 
—52 S. 10th St. 



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Woman's Christian Temperance 
Union. — -(See separate heading.) 

Young Men's Christian Associa- 
tion. — 10th St. and Mary Place. 

Young Women's Christian Asso- 
ciation. — 87 S. 7th St. 

(See Benevolent Societies and 
Institutions.) 

Rental Board, The Minneapolis. 

— An organization of rental agents 
and real estate dealers having es- 
pecially to do with the care and 
handling of rented property. It is 
the object of the board to maintain 
rents, promote uniformity in man- 
agement, correct abuses on the 
part of tenants and variously im- 
prove the conduct of the business 
in the interests of owners and oc- 
cupants. The president is R. D. 
Cone, and the secretary and treas- 
urer W. C. McWhinney, care 
David P. Jones & Co., Ill S. 4th 
St. The board is closely allied 
to the Real Estate Board, which 
see. 

Reservoir. — The reservoir of the 
city waterworks is at Columbia 
Heights, northeast of the city. 
There are two basins having a ca- 
pacity of 48,000.000 gallons each. 
The cost was $432,000. Eighth 
Av. & Columbia Heights elec- 
tric line — with walk of one mile. 
(See Waterworks.) 

Retail Stores. — Nicollet Avenue 
is the favorite street for the bet- 
ter class of retail stores, though 
trade is gradually extending on 
to the side streets. Washington 
Avenue South abounds with less 
pretentious shops. Central Ave- 
nue is the retail center of the east 
side, and lesser centers occur at 
intervals throughout the different 
sections of the city. Thus Cedar 
Avenue is a retail trade center in 
South Minneapolis and the vicini- 
ties of Plymouth and Washington 
Avenues and of Washington and 
20th Av. N. in North Minneapolis 
are busy places. Twenty-sixth 



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Street and Nicoliet and Franklin 
and 16th Avenues S. seem to be 
favorable points for retail busi- 
ness. 

Richfield. — The township lying 
immediately south of Minneapolis. 
It is an excellent farming section, 
with a rolling surface diversified 
by a score or more of beautiful 
lakes. Many fine drives may be 
had through Richfield, almost 
every road leading out of the 
city to the south being pleasant. 
(See Drives.) 

Riverside Park. — A pleasantly 
situated tract of land on the cliffs 
overlooking the Mississippi is 
called Riverside Park. It is be- 
tween 27th and 29th Aves. S. and 
contains nearly twenty acres. The 
picturesqueness and beauty of this 
location has always made it a 
favorite resort and the hand of 
the landscape artist has found but 
little work to convert it into an 
ideal park. In the adornment of 
the park the aim has been to pre- 
serve its pristine beauty. Minne- 
haha electric line. 

Roman Catholic Churches. (See 
Catholic Churches.) 

Rowing*. — Boats may be hired at 
Lakes Harriet and Calhoun and at 
Lake Minnetonka. (See Boating.) 

Safe Deposit Companies. — For 

the safe keeping of valuables sev- 
eral companies maintain "safe de- 
posit" vaults with drawers and 
compartments, for the use of the 
public. The vaults are of the most 
approved fire and burglar proof 
patterns. Small drawers may be 
had for $5 per year and from this 
price range up. Only drawer 
renters have keys, but they can- 
not obtain access to their compart- 
ments without the aid of the at- 
tendant who must identify them. 
The safe deposit companies are: 
New York Life Bldg. Safe Deposit 



Vaults, 1st floor New York Life 
Bldg., Cor. 5th St. and 2nd Av. S.; 
Guaranty Safe Deposit Vaults, 
Metropolitan Life Bldg., 2nd Av. 
S. and 3rd St.; Minneapolis Trust 
Co., 109 S. 5th St.; Minnesota 
Loan and Trust Co., 311-313 Nicol- 
let Av. ; Lumber Exchange Safe 
Deposit Vaults, Lumber Exchange 
Bldg., corner 5th St. and Hennepin 
Av. 

Sailing 1 . — Sail-boats may be had 
for hire at the principal lakes in 
the vicinity of the city. Lakes 
Calhoun and Harriet and Minne- 
tonka are the most available. At 
Minnetonka there are scores of 
private sail-boats and regattas by 
the yacht club are the most inter- 
esting events of the lake season. 

Salaries of City Officials. — The 

more important are: Mayor. $5.- 
000; aldermen, $1,200; city clerk, 
$3,100; municipal judges, $3,000; 
attorney, $5,000; treasurer, $5,- 
000; comptroller $4,000; assessor, 
$3,600; inspector of buildings, $3,- 
500; engineer, $5,000; commission- 
er of health, $3,300; chief engineer 
fire department, $4,042.50; super- 
intendent of police, $3,600; regis- 
trar water works, $2,400. 

Saloons. — Minneapolis disposes 
of the temperance question by a 
strict surveillance of the saloons 
under the drastic general and spe- 
cial legislation of the state. High 
license is the principal restriction. 
An annual tax of $1,000 is assessed 
upon every saloon keeper. Appli- 
cation must be made for such li- 
cense two weeks before the time 
of issue, July 1, of each y^ar, and 
when the licenses are issued cash 
payment of the full amount must 
be made. Licenses may be re- 
voked and confiscated for disor- 
derliness, or violation of any of 
the If * regulating the sale of 
liqu' .mother statute provides 

tha » saloons must close prompt- 
ly . p. m. and all day on Sun- 



days. The "patrol limits" confine 
the saloons to the business part of 
the city and absolutely prevent 
their invasion of any residence quar- 
ter. There are about 435 saloons 
in the city. (See Patrol Limits.) 

Saving's Banks. (See Banks.) 

Saw Mills. (See Lumber and 
Saw Mills.) 

School Board. (See Public 
Schools and City Officials.) 



School of Agriculture. 

University.) 



(See 



School of Desig-n. (See Minne- 
apolis Society of Fine Arts and 
Handicraft Guild.) 

Schools. (See Public Schools, 
Private Schools and Handicraft 
Guild.) 

Scientist Churches. — Following 
is a list of the Scientist Churches 
of Minneapolis : 

First Church of Christ. — 15th 
St. bet. Portland and Park Avs. 

Fourth Church of Christ. — 
Cor. 2nd Av. S. and 14th St. 

Second Church of Christ. — Cor. 
2nd Av. S. and 11th St. 

Third Church of Christ. — 6 W. 
Lake St. 

Secret Societies. — A description 
of the Masonic Temple is given 
elsewhere. The Masons are a large 
and powerful body in the city and 
have gained prestige With the 
erection of such a creditable 
structure. Next in rank come the 
Odd Fellows who as yet have no 
building, their lodges meeting in 
,-arious halls about the city. The 
Knights of Pythias and the An- 
ient Order of Foresters are very 
strong and rapidly growing- in 
membership. Among the other or- 
ders represented in the city are 
he Good Templars; A. 0£ti& W.; 
Knights of Honor; Drui^ r>yal 

Arcanum; Elks and Gran. rmy 



95 SAV-SEC 

of the Republic. For the meet- 
ing places of the posts, as well as 
the lodges of the various secret 
societies the city directory must 
be consulted. (See Masonic Tem- 
ple.) 

Security Bank Building". — A 

handsome ten-story office building 
at the corner of Second Av. S. and 
Fourth St. It is one of the most 
striking buildings in the city. 
The exterior is of white enameled 
brick with white terra cotta trim- 
mings, the design simple and al- 
most severely plain, but dignified 
and in excellent taste. There is 
a frontage of 152 feet on Second 
Av. and 132 feet on Fourth St., and 
on the longer front are the en- 
trances, which admit to the main 
lobby, elevators and stairways. 
Immediately beyond is the lobby 
of the Security Bank, which oc- 
cupies the entire ground floor. 
This lobby is 50 by 70 feet and is 
surrounded by the bank offices and 
is lighted by twelve large sky- 
lights directly under the central 
court of the building. These 
banking rooms are the largest 
and finest of any in the north- 
west. Marble, bronze and deli- 
cately tinted and decorated panels 
and richly colored glass combined 
in the most refined taste give very 
rich effects. The tone is classical 
although much of the decoration 
is of modern type. Every detail 
of banking equipment is worked 
out in the most practical way. 
The vaults have the latest im- 
provements, are equipped with 
modern time locks and even sup- 
plied with an emergency door. 
The remainder of the building is 
devoted to general office purposes. 
There are about 35 offices on each 
floor, all having outdoor light and 
finished in the most sumptuous 
manner. The building is construct- 
ed after the latest ideas in fire- 
proof architecture, concrete, steel, 
brick and tile being almost the 
only materials used. There are 



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five plunger elevators. The build- 
ing, which is owned by Wm. Deer- 
ing of Chicago, was erected in 
1905-6 under the direction of Wal- 
ter A. Eggleston of the David C. 
Bell Investment Co., Mr. Deering's 
Minneapolis representatives. Long 
& Long were the architects. 

Seeing 1 the City. — Minneapolis is 
a city of "magnificent distances" 
and it is well to plan one's sight- 
seeing carefully unless unlimited 
time is at disposal. Otherwise a 
good deal of time may be lost in 
uninteresting places or in doub- 
ling on one's course. The princi- 
pal places of interest are the re- 
tail district, the wholesale dis- 
trict, the flour mills, the saw mills, 
the Falls of St. Anthony, the state 
university, the public library and 
art collections, the parks, lakes 
and Minnehaha Palls. Following 
are a number of outlines of short 
trips about the city for the use of 
strangers, or of residents when 
showing visitors about. It is well 
to look over the map of the city 
before starting and have general 
directions and distances in mind. 
The time given is for continuous 
walking or riding at ordinary 
speed; if time is taken to examine 
the interior of buildings or to 
diverge from the route, allowance 
should be made. In each case 
the center of street railway traf- 
fic at Washington and Hennepin 
Aves. is taken as the starting 
point; the trips may be adapted to 
other starting places with proper 
allowance for time. Combinations 
of the various routes may, of 
course, be made up to suit the 
individual. 

As a part of each trip about the 
business center, or in lieu of any 
other sight-seeing, if the visitors 
are short of time, a visit to the 
roof of the twelve story Metropol- 
itan Life Bldg., at 3rd St. and 2nd 
Av. S., should be made. From this 
vantage point a very comprehen- 
sive idea of the center of the city 



may be obtained. Admission to 
the roof 10c. 

1. A Hasty Glance. — Walk up 
Hennepin Av. to 3rd St., Nicollet 
House at left and Temple Court 
and Sykes Blk. at right; north on 
3rd to 1st Av. N. and west on 1st 
Av. N. to 6th St., passing some 
of the largest wholesale houses; 
south on 6th to Hennepin Av., 
Masonic Temple on left : east on 
Hennepin to Fifth St., West Hotel 
on left and Lumber Exchange di- 
agonally opposite; south on Fifth 
to Nicollet; west on Nicollet to 
Sixth St., view up and down Nicol- 
let, Pillsbury Bldg. at right, Glass 
Blk. opposite and Syndicate Blk. 
diagonally opposite; proceed on 
6th to 1st Av. S., Minneapolis 
Club at left; 1st Av. S. to 5th St., 
First N'at'l Bank on right; south 
on 5th to 2nd Av. S., passing 
New York Life Bldg.; east on 2nd 
Av. S. to 3rd St., passing Court 
House one block at the right, 
Security Bank building at 4th St. 
and Metropolitan Life Bldg. at 3rd 
St.; north on 3rd St. to 1st Av. S., 
Post Office at left; west on 1st Av. 
S. to 4th St., Metropolitan Opera 
House at right, Phoenix Bldg., 
Oneida Bldg. and Bank of Com- 
merce Bldg. at corner of 4th; 
north on 4th to Nicollet passing 
newspaper offices; east on Nicol- 
let to Washington passing retail 
stores and office buildings; north 
on Washington to Hennepin. 30 
to 40 minutes. 

2. An Hour's Walk. — Same 
route as in No. 1 to 6th and Hen- 
nepin; continue west on Hennepin 
past Lyceum theatre to Public Li- 
brary at 10th St.; south on 10th 
past First Baptist church and Y. 
M. C. A. Bldg. to Nicollet Av. ; 
east on Nicollet past office build- 
ings and retail stores to 6th St.; 
complete as in No. 1. 

3. For Two Hours. — Same as 
No. 1 with this addition : On re- 
turn to Washington and Hennepin 
take Oak & Harriet or Como-IJar- 



riet cat* going east, passing union 
passenger station, crossing steel 
arch bridge over Mississippi river 
with glimpse of saw mills at left 
and flour mills at right; through 
Central Av. and 4th St. S. E. 
(pleasant residence district) to 
14th Av. S. E. ; walk one block to 
right, enter University campus 
(for description see Univeesity 
of Minnesota) ; walk from Uni- 
versity grounds through Pleasant 
St. two blocks to Washington Av.; 
take west-bound Minneapolis & St. 
Paul car, passing across Washing- 
ton Av. bridge (fine view), the 
flour mills at <Sth Av. S., the C. M. 
& St. P. passenger station at 3rd 
Av. S., to Washington and Hen- 
nepin. 

4. Foe Theee Houes. — Same as 
No. 3 with this addition : On re- 
turn to Washington and Hennepin 
from the University, transfer to 
Como-Harriet car going west; out 
Hennepin past Lyceum theatre, 
Public Library at 10th St., Loring 
Park, Lowry Hill (residence of 
Thomas Lowry at right), through 
Hennepin Boul. (rapidly develop- 
ing residence district), past Lake 
Calhoun; past Lakewood Ceme- 
tery at left; to Lake Harriet. The 
return may be made without leav- 
ing the car or such time as may 
be added to the trip may be spent 
in the pavilion or in exploring the 
lake and vicinity. 

5. The Floue Mills. — Cedar & 
Emerson or Minneapolis & St. 
Paul cars south on Washington 
Av. to 6th Av. S. ; walk two blocks 
to the left to 1st St. Half an hour, 
unless the mills are entered, when 
at least 30 minutes more should 
be allowed. Washburn "A" is 
the largest mill in the group. 
Permits for visitors may be se- 
cured at the office of the Wash- 
burn-Crosby Company in the 
Chamber of Commerce. 

6. Falls of St. Anthony. — 
Same as No. 5 continuing east 
from 1st St. under* stone arch 



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bridge to the "apron." 30 min- 
utes. 

7. Court House and Chamber 
of Commerce. — Plymouth & 
BLoomington car to Fourth Av. 
S., Court House at right, Cham- 
ber of Commerce at left. The 
interiors of these buildings are 
worth inspection. Take elevator 
to visitors' gallery in Chamber of 
Commerce. It is but a short 
walk from the Chamber to the 
flour mills and 5, 6 and 8 may be 
combined with this trip without 
much loss of time. 

8. Floue Mills and Falls. — 
Same as No. 5 to mills on west 
side; turn to right at 1st St. and 
walk through milling district and 
railroad yards to 10th Av. S. 
(View of falls and river at left.) 
Cross 10th Av. S. bridge. (View 
of falls and milling district at left, 
new dam and power house which 
supplies electric power for street 
railway system, at right. Univer- 
sity in distance at right.) At east 
end of bridge walk along river 
bank to 3rd Av. S. E. to 4th St.; 
electric cars to Washington and 
Hennepin'. IV2 hours. 

10. Univeesity. — See No. 3, 1 
hr.; if buildings are examined 2 or 
3 hours. 

11. Saw Mills. — W a s h b u r h 
Park & Camden cars north on 
Washington. Most of the saw 
mills in the city are visible from 
the cars. A good idea of the ex- 
tent of the industry may be had 
by riding to the end of the line 
and back. 1 hour. If a mill and 
lumber yard are to be visited an 
additional hour may be put in to 
advantage. In such case stop at 
44th Av. N., look over the C. A. 
Smith Lumber Co. plant and see 
something of the operation of 
sorting logs in the booms on the 
river. (See Lumbee and Saw 
Mills.) 

12. Residences. — Many fine res- 
idences are to be seen in trips Nos. 



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3 and 4. To see another interest- 
ing residence section, take 8th Av. 
& Columbia Heights cars going 
west to 27th St.; walk two blocks 
west on 27th to Park Av.; north 
five blocks to 22nd St.; west on 
22nd (passing Gen. W. D. Wash- 
burn's residence, between 3rd and 
Stevens Aves.) to Nicollet; any 
car going north for return. Time 
about 1 hour if the walk is taken 
briskly. An additional hour will 
allow of seeing more of the pleas- 
ant neighborhoods traversed. (See 
Drives.) 

13. Railroad Terminals. — These 
include hundreds of miles of tracks 
in all parts of the city, but the 
visitor who wishes to have an idea 
of the down town terminals may 
walk north on Washington Av. 
to 4th Av. N. bridge over the 
Great Northern and Minneapolis 
& St. Louis roads, where a glimpse 
may be had of one end of a sys- 
tem of terminals extending three 
miles toward the southwest. Pass- 
ing north on 4th Av. to River St. 
wilL give an idea of the nearer 
yards of the Soo Line, Northern 
Pacific and "Northwestern." When 
the latter yards are reached the 
union passenger station is in 
sight at the right but a few blocks 
away. Returning to Washington 
Av. take Cedar & Emerson electric 
car to 6th Av. S., walk toward 
the mills through C. M. & St. P. 
yards and about the mills observe 
the facilities for handling wheat 
and flour in and out. This much 
can be done in an hour of brisk 
walking. 

Many trips about town may be 
. made most pleasantly on the elec- 
tric cars and still others more 
successfully in carriages or auto- 
mobiles or on bicycles. (See 
Excursions, Drives, Automobiles.) 

Servants. — The larger portion of 
the "girls" are Scandinavians, 
there being comparatively few 
Germans or Irish in service. Au- 



thorities differ aS to the best way 
of engaging a girl. An advertise- 
ment in one of the daily papers 
will usually bring applicants. 
Wages range from $3 to $6 per 
week and upwards for girls doing 
general housework. 

Sewer Gas. — Most modern hous- 
es are fitted with sanitary plumb- 
ing; but it is well for tenants or 
those moving into houses with 
which they are not acquainted, to 
examine the waste pipes and if 
not satisfactory, insist that the 
owner make them so. A free in- 
spection may be had by applying 
to the office of the Department 
of ' Health in the city hall. 

Sewers. — There are about 240 
miles of sewers in the city of Min- 
neapolis. Most of this has been 
the work of the past twenty years. 
The main sewer system of the 
city is nearly perfect, penetrating 
every important section, and can 
have many miles added in years to 
come at a small cost, as the trunk 
sewers are all laid. One of the 
heaviest engineering works in this 
line was the construction of a 
large sewer tunnel from the foot 
of 8th Av. S. under the main busi- 
ness center to the northern part of 
the city. It drains a large region 
which otherwise would be obliged 
to turn its sewage into the river 
above the falls. The tunnel is 
over 7,000 feet long and is at an 
average depth of 50 or 60 feet and 
cost $200,000. There are several 
lesser tunnels in other parts of 
the city. (See Public Improve- 
ments.) 

Shade Trees. — Visitors seldom 
fail to remark the handsome shade 
trees on all the older streets of 
the residence portions of the city. 
Every effort has been made by the 
board of park commissioners to en- 
courage the planting of trees by 
property owners. The park com- 
missioners will on request, set out 



trees on any block or blocks and 
care for them for five years at a 
nominal cost. This secures uni- 
formity and successful growth. 
Many miles of Minneapolis streets 
are under this system. There are 
a number of very fine natural 
groves throughout the city which 
have been utilized to enhance the 
beauty of the residences so for- 
tunate as to be located among 
them. 

Sidewalks. — Throughout the 
business portion of the city the 
walks are usually wide and uni- 
formly laid with artificial stone. 
In residence quarters the walks 
vary from six to ten feet in 
width and there is ordinarily a 
strip of turf between the pave- 
ment and the street. Wooden 
sidewalks are almost unknown, 
having been replaced by artificial 
stone or concrete. 

Skating". — From the middle of 
November until early in March the 
ice on the numerous lakes is us- 
ually strong enough for skating. 
There is seldom heavy snow un- 
til after Christmas, after which 
time skaters must be content with 
artificial rinks or go to Loring 
Park Lake, Lake of the Isles and 
other park lakes which are kept 
clear of snow for the public con- 
venience. Buildings containing 
warmed rooms for adjusting 
skates, check rooms for super- 
fluous wraps, and a large assort- 
ment of skates for rent, are pro- 
vided. 

Sleighing". — There are usually 
about three months of sleighing 
in each year at Minneapolis. The 
drives are delightful and with 
plenty of wraps a dash behind a 
good horse is enjoyable even with 
the mercury near zero. 

Soeial Settlements. — Settlement 
work is carried on in three local- 
ities; in south Minneapolis at 
Pillsbury House, 320 lGth Av. S., 



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in north Minneapolis at Unity 
House, 1616 N. Washington Av., 
and at Well's Memorial House, 
116 N. Eleventh St. See under 
respective headings. 

Soldiers' Home. — The Minnesota 
Soldiers' Home occupies a tract 
of 51 acres near Minnehaha Falls, 
and overlooking the beautiful 
gorge of the Mississippi River. 
It was established in 1887 and is 
under the management of a board 
of seven trustees, of which Gen. 
L. F. Hubbard, is president. To 
secure the home, the citizens of 
Minneapolis raised a large sum of 
money and donated the land to 
the state. The city has since 
purchased the surrounding prop- 
erty which has been named Min- 
nehaha Park and the whole tract 
is virtually one large park. The 
home is on the "cottage plan." 
An administration building has a 
central position and around it are 
the hospital, dining hall, amuse- 
ment hall and cottages which are 
the actual homes of the inmates, 
and the other minor departments 
of the institution. The water 
supply of the Home comes from 
an artesian well 1,019 feet deep. 
Each cottage will accommodate 
70 men. There are about 400 
members of the Home. The 
property has cost over $450,000, 
and the expense of maintenance 
is about $65,000 a year. A new 
building for the accommodation 
of wives, widows and mothers of 
veterans has recently been erect- 
ed at a cost of $90,000. The of- 
ficers of the Home are F. H. Bar- 
nard, commandant; Freeman L. 
McKusick, adjutant; Milo K. Wil- 
liams, quartermaster; Rev. Le- 
land P. Smith, chaplain; Dr. E. J. 
Davis, surgeon. Minnehaha elec- 
tric line. It is a six mile drive 
from the center of the city. 

Soo Bine. — The popular name 
for the Minneapolis, St. Paul & 
Sault Ste Marie R'y, which see. 



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South-East Minneapolis. — The 

name commonly used to designate 
that part of the eastern district 
south of Central Av. and Division 
St. — or where the streets and ave- 
nues are called "southeast." 

South Minneapolis — A rather 
indefinite term used to designate 
that part of the city lying south- 
east of the business center and 
south and west of the Mississippi 
river. 

Sports. — Athletic sports are 
among the staple amusements of 
the Northwest, where irresistible 
energy is the natural consequence 
of a vigorous climate. 

In summer golf, tennis, base- 
ball, bicycling, yachting, swim- 
ming, automobiling and riding 
have their thousands of votaries, 
while fishermen and hunters find 
stream and field within easy dis- 
tance from the city. Foot ball 
creates great enthusiasm during 
the autumn. There are numerous 
golf and tennis clubs and two 
gun clubs of large membership. 

Very fine racing is to be seen 
each year at the Minnesota State 
Fair during the first week in Sep- 
tember. Automobiling is extreme- 
ly popular and a very large num- 
ber of motors are owned in the 
city, while motor boats are num- 
erous at Lake Minnetonka. 

In winter curling, skating, ice 
yachting, horse racing on the ice, 
and sleighing are the popular 
sports. Several well equipped 
gymnasiums afford ample facili- 
ties for those who enjoy the use 
of apparatus for indoor exercises. 

Every legitimate sport has its 
followers in Minneapolis, and to 
whatever you turn you find 
amateur experts worthy to test 
the mettle of the best. Numer- 
ous clubs invite the new comer 
to membership, and insure him 
health and pleasure as a result. 
(See Clubs.) 



Spring* Water. — River and well 
water are, as a rule, not regarded 
as healthful for drinking pur- 
poses. Thousands of families sup- 
ply themselves with water from 
the natural springs in the vicin- 
ity of 6th Av. N. This water 
is exceptionally pure and slightly 
mineral. Several concerns make 
a business of supplying families 
and restaurants with this water. 

St. Anthony Commercial Club. 

— An organization of men of the 
"east side" for social and com- 
mercial ends. Has club rooms in 
the Chute building, Central Av. 
between University and Fourth St. 
S. E. Frank L. Palmer is presi- 
dent and Chas. Copelin is secre- 
tary. 

St. Anthony Falls. — Strangers 
in Minneapolis look in vain for 
the famed St. Anthony Falls, pic- 
tured in every school geography 
of a few decades back, as a seeth- 
ing, boiling torrent plunging 
over a wild and rocky precipice. 
With the construction of the 
"apron" (see Water Power) the 
falls, as such, went out of exist- 
ence but the taming of the great 
river and its confinement within 
metes and bounds by the skill of 
man, is perhaps as wonderful as 
the unchecked madness of the 
natural waterfall. The best view 
of the falls is obtained from 
the incoming trains from St. Paul 
as they pass over the stone arch 
bridge. A less hurried view may 
be had by descending to the foot 
of Gth Av. S. and passing under 
the stone arch bridge. The fall 
is about fifty feet in the perpen- 
dicular; with the rapids below the 
fall amounts to about eighty-five 
feet. St. Anthony Falls are 2,- 
200 miles from the mouth of the 
Mississippi river and mark the 
hea4 of navigation. The utilized 



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horse power is 40,000 in the up- 
per and lower dams. (See 
Water Power, Flour and Flour 
Mills.) 

St. Anthony Park. — A suburb 
lying east of the city, 20 minutes 
ride distant on the Como-Harriet 
line. It is within the St. Paul 
city limits. 

State Pair. — Is held annually 
about the first of September on 
the state fair grounds midway 
between Minneapolis and St. Paul. 
The beautiful grounds comprise 
about 240 acres and the buildings 
are the finest devoted to fair pur- 
poses in the country. The attrac- 
tions are always first-class. Mag- 
nificent displays of thoroughbred 
stock, farm machinery and prod- 
ucts and general merchandise are 
sure to be seen. There are also 
daily races in which noted horses 
are entered. 

The dates for the fair of 1909 
are Sept. 6 to 10 inclusive. There 
will be extensive displays of live 
stock, farm products., fruit, dairy 
products and appliances, poultry, 
farm machinery and implements, 
woman's work and manufactured 
articles from the factories and 
warehouses of the cities. 

Conspicuous at the fair of 1909 
will be the new fire-proof grand 
stand constructed of concrete and 
steel, 171 feet deep and 3S7 feet 
long. It is being erected during 
the summer of 1909 at a cost of 
$200,000. 

A new livestock amphitheater 
was erected in 1906. Its cost was 
$110,000, and it is the largest and 
finest building of its class in the 
United States. The ground dimen- 
sions are 359 by 200 feet. 

Races of high character will be 
held upon the mile track every af- 
ternoon. Under a state law selling 
of pools is prohibited. The fair 
management hangs up liberal 
purses including great $5,000 



purses for special races on Minne- 
apolis Day and St. Paul Day. 

A feature of the fair is the 
maintenance by the State Federa- 
tion of Women's Clubs of head- 
quarters where visiting women are 
entertained and special exercises 
are arranged. Gatherings of old 
settlers, farmers institutes, good 
roads conventions and similar ad- 
juncts lend themselves readily to 
the attractiveness of the fair as 
a whole. 

Evening entertainments are pro- 
vided at special rates with racing 
and other amusements under elec- 
tric light. 

The Como-Harriet electric line 
passes the fair grounds gates, de- 
positing passengers on the 
grounds within 30 minutes after 
leaving the center of the city, for 
a five-cent fare. 

The officers of the fair are : 
President, B. F. Nelson. Min- 
neapolis ; first vice president, J. 
J. Furlong, Austin ; second vice 
president, J. H. Beek, St. Paul ; 
secretary. C. N. Cosgrove, Le 
Sueur; treasurer, E. L. Mattson, 
Minneapolis. 

Board of Managers : W. M. Lig- 
gett, St. Anthony Park; Wm. E. 
Lee. Long Prairie; D. S. Hall, 
Buffalo Lake; George Atchison, 
Mankato ; Robert Crickmore, Owa- 
tonna ; J. M. Underwood, Lake 
City. 

State University. — (See Univer- 
sity of Minnesota.) 

Stationers. — Leading establish- 
ments are John A. Schlener Sta- 
tionery Co.. 623 1st Av. S.; Beard- 
Dayton (with Dayton Dry Goods 
Co.). 7th St. and Nicollet Av., 
Jeffrey & McPherson Co., 16 S. 
5th St.; E. R. Williams Stationery 
Co.. 415 Hennepin Av.; S. M. Wil- 
liams. 317 Hennepin Av. (See 
Book Stores.) Consult lists of 
stationers and wholesale paper 
dealers in city directory. 



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Statuary. — There has been little 
attempt to beautify the city with 
statuary. In the rotunda of the 
Court House and City Hall is a 
heroic statue of "The River God" 
emblematic of the Father of Wa- 
ters. The monument to Ole Bull 
in Loring Park and the statue of 
the late John S. Pillsbury and the 
student soldier memorial on the 
University campus are creditable 
works. A fine collection of casts 
of antique sculpture, originally 
purchased by the exposition has 
found an appropriate home in the 
Minneapolis public library build- 
ing 1 . It includes reproductions of 
many of the best known master- 
pieces of ancient sculpture. 

Steamboats. — Obstructions in 
the channel of the Mississippi riv- 
er between St. Paul and Minne- 
apolis have prevented steamboats 
from coming to the latter city for 
years. Federal legislation has 
provided for the maintenance of 
slackwater navigation and the 
work of constructing a series of 
dams and locks is nearing comple- 
tion. (See Gov't Dam and Lock.) 

Steel Arch Bridge. — The "steel 
arch bridge" spans the west chan- 
nel of the Mississippi from Bridge 
Square (the foot of Nicollet and 
Hennepin Avs.) to Central Av. on 
Nicollet Island. This is the main 
thoroughfare between the east and 
west sides of the river. It has a 
width of 80 feet; with a roadway 
56 feet wide and two sidewalks of 
12 feet each. The bridge has a 
length of 530 feet and consists of 
two spans of 258 feet each. It 
cost nearly $200,000. Over 4,000 
teams cross the river at this point 
daily. 

St. liouis Park. — About four 
miles from center of city on M. & 
St. L. R'y. This is a manufactur- 
ing suburb provided with first- 
class railroad facilities, and is in 



every way advantageously located. 
St. Louis Park electric line. 

St. Mark's Episcopal Church. — 
Organized in 1868 and for many 
years the leading church of the 
denomination in the city, occupy- 
ing a building on 6th St. between 
Nicollet and Hennepin Avs. This 
property was sold in 1907 and a 
new church is in course of erec- 
tion on Oak Grove St. and Henne- 
pin Av. Rev. C. E Haupt and 
Rev. G. Heathcote Hills are the 
associate rectors. 

Stone Arch Bridge. — The rail- 
road bridge spanning the Missis- 
sippi immediately below the Falls 
of St. Anthony and forming a 
graceful curve in front of the 
great flour mills. Passenger trains 
over the Great Northern, North- 
ern Pacific, Northwestern Line, 
Burlington and Wisconsin Central 
R'y, all cross this bridge giving 
the traveler a fine view of the 
falls and rapids below, and the 
mills on both sides of the river. 
The bridge carries a double track. 
It is a fine example of engineering 
skill. 

Storage. — Household goods are 
received on storage at various 
warehouses at rates ranging up 
from $2 per load per month. As 
Joads vary widely in size, it is 
"Veil to have some more definite 
agreement regarding rates before 
the goods are delivered. Separate 
compartments for goods are pro- 
vided in some fireproof ware- 
houses at a charge of from $1.50 
to $10 per month, according- to the 
size of space. There are also 
numerous warehouses which store 
general merchandise exclusively, 
and elevators for grain storage. 
(See Elevators.) 

St. Paul. — The main part of the 
city lies upon the slopes of the 
hills which rise abruptly from the 
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places a height of about 200 feet. 
The railroads enter along the foot 
of the bluffs, or through a narrow 
valley which gives access to the 
highlands back of the city and 
forms the only break in the bluffs 
on the north shore of the river. 
Within a few blocks of the union 
passenger station, at the foot of 
Sibley St., street cars may be 
taken for any part of the city. 
The leading retail streets are East 
Sixth, East Seventh and Wabasha, 
the first two parallel with the ri- 
ver and the last at right angles 
and about half a mile west of the 
union depot. Public buildings of 
special interest are the new State 
Capitol building on upper Waba- 
sha St; the Court House, Wabasha 
between 4th and 5th Sts. ; and the 
Minnesota club, corner Cedar and 
4th Sts. Two papers, the Pioneer 
Press and Dispatch, have fine 
buildings and the New York and 
Germania Life Insurance Compa- 
nies have given the city handsome 
structures. St. Anthony Hill, 
west of the business center, and 
on a sort of second plateau, is the 
home of most of the wealthy citi- 
zens of St. Paul. Around the crest 
of the hill runs Summit Av. lined 
with palatial residences. It is 
paved with asphalt as are many 
of the hill streets. Farther back 
less pretentious homes find a 
place. This part of the city is 
reached by the Selby Av. electric 
line. The "west side," as the part 
of St. Paul south of the Mississip- 
pi is called, is reached by one rail- 
road bridge and three wagon 
bridges which cross at a great 
height and give fine views of the 
river and its valley. St. Paul may 
be reached by the Minneapolis & 
St. Paul, the Como-Harriet and 
the Selby-Lake interurban lines. 
Trains on all railroads reaching 
the cities run into both. 

Street Cleaning*. — No organized 
department for the purpose of 
cleaning the streets has been re- 



garded necessary. At present the 
work is done under the direction 
of the street commissioners of 
each ward. The paved streets are 
supposed to be thoroughly swept 
at night, by machines, several 
times a week. The sweepings are 
collected by gangs of men who 
follow the machines with carts. 
In winter the snow usually lies 
on the ground from December to 
March, and as sleighs are univer- 
sally used, it is undesirable to re- 
move it except when the fall is 
exceptionally heavy. 

Street Railways. — Minneapolis 
has a street railway system equal, 
if not superior, to that of any 
first-class city in the country. 
Electricity is used exclusively as 
motive power. The change from 
horse power was begun in 1889 
and was accomplished within two 
years. It involved the entire re- 
building of the system, and the 
purchase of a new equipment 
throughout. 

About the same time the street 
railway system of St. Paul was 
connected with that of Minneap- 
olis and the two systems made 
practically one. The Twin City 
Rapid Transit Company owns and 
operates the entire dual city sys- 
tem as well as The Minneapolis 
& St. Paul Suburban railway 
which operates a suburban line of 
25 miles from Minneapolis to Ton- 
ka Bay and Deephaven on Lake 
Minnetonka as well as a line of 30 
miles from St. Paul to White Bear 
Lake, Stillwater and South Still- 
water. 

The company is officered as fol- 
lows : President, C. G. Goodrich; 
vice president and general man- 
ager, Willard J. Hield; secretary 
and comptroller, E. S. Pattee; 
auditor, D. J. Strouse; treasurer, 
E. A. Crosby; general passenger 
agent, A. W. Warnock; general 
superintendent, L. S. Cairns; sup- 
erintendent of Minneapolis divi- 
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dent St. Paul division, J. S. Pe- 
vear. j 

The company's offices are in its 
own building at the corner of Hen- 
nepin Av. and 11th St. 

In the entire system there are 
368 miles of electric railway, 
and to operate the system an army 
of men is required. A part of the 
electric power for the operation of 
the system is obtained by the 
utilization of water power. This 
is the only large street railway 
system in the world which makes 
large use of water power for gen- 
erating its electric current. The 
power house is on the east bank 
of the river below the 10th Av. 
bridge at the end of the "new 
power dam" constructed by the St. 
Anthony Falls Water Power Com- 
pany, from which corporation the 
street railway company leases its 
power rights. In this power house 
are 10 700 kilo-watt generators 
capable of furnishing 10,000 horse 
power. The rapid growth of the 
system during the past few years 
proved the plant to be insufficient 
and the company in 1904 com- 
pleted a much larger steam power 
house near the water power plant. 
It is one of the largest electric 
power houses in the country. It 
cost upwards of $2,500,000, and is 
capable of furnishing 50,000 horse 
power. The electric current is 
conveyed to distant parts of the 
lines in the two cities by means of 
large cables. At the corner of 
University and Snelling Avs. are 
extensive shops where the compa- 
ny manufactures its own cars and 
does its repair work. 

The new type of car is a 46-foot 
double-truck car, which seats 50 
people, with large windows, elec- 
tric lights and modern heaters. 
These cars are capable of high 
speed and are models of comfort 
and .convenience. The electric cars 
afford a popular means of seeing 
the city and environs. (See Ex- 
cursions.) Special cars may be 



obtained for private troliey par- 
ties. 

Minneapolis Lines. 

Every part of Minneapolis may 
be reached by lines diverging from 
the business center. In the cen- 
ter many of the lines encircle the 
'loops" or common central lines 
which obviate the necessity of re- 
versing or turning the cars. 

The names of the various lines 
and their routes are as follows : 

Bloomington Avenue Short Line. 
— On Bloomington Av., from 34th 
St., to Franklin Av., to 15th Av. S., 
to 7th St., to 10th Av., to 6th St., 
to 8th Av., to 4th St., to 1st Av., to 
3rd St., to 1st Av. N., to Washing- 
ton, to 1st Av. S. and return. 

Bryn Mawe. — From Oliver Av. 
on Laurel Av. to Aldrich Av., to 
Hawthorn Av., to 12th St., to 
Hennepin, to 3rd St., to 1st Av. N. 

Cedar & Emerson. — On Cedar 
Av., from 34th St. to Washington 
Av., to 20th Av. N., to Emerson 
Av., to 33rd Av. N., to Fremont, to 
36 th Av. N. 

Como-Harriet.- — From Lake Har- 
riet Loop via lakesides to 31st St., 
to Hennepin Av., to Central Av., to 
4th St., to 15th Av. S. E., to Como 
Av., to County Road, to Langford 
Av., to Van Slyke Av., to Chats- 
worth St., to Front St., to Como 
Av., to Rice St., to Wabasha St., 
and around the St. Paul loop, i. e. 
from 8th St. on Wabasha St. to 5th 
St., to Robert St., to 8th St., to 
Wabasha St. 

Como-Hopkins. — Same as Como- 
Harriet except that line continues 
from Lake Harriet over Minne- 
tonka line to Hopkins, Minnesota, 

Eighth & Columbia Heights. — 
5th St. and 42nd Av. N. E. to Cen- 
tral Av., to Hennepin Av., to 6th 
St., to 8th Av. S., to 10th St., to 
Chicago Av., to 47th St. 

Eighth & Central. — Same line 
from Central and 29th Av. N. E. 

Eighth Avenue Short Line. — On 
Chicago Av. from 29th St., to 10th 
St., to 8th Av. S., to 6th St., to 1st 
Av. N., to 3rd St., to Hennepin, to 
6th St. and return. 

First Avenue South & Twenti- 
eth Avenue North. — From 38th St. 




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^rHERE are four through 
1|L Interurban lines conneet- 
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on one line are marked "Min- 
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other" Como - Harriet" or 
"Como-Hopkins," on the third 
V'Selby-Lake" and on the 

fourth "Snelling-Minnehaha." All four linens reach the 
heart of each city. The distance by the first three lines 
is practically the same— 11 miles— the running time each 
way, about an hour, and the fare from city to city is 10 
cents, collected in two fares of 5 cents in each city, enti- 
tling- the passenger to transfer at either end to any 
local line desired. 

The fourth line is made up of the old "Fort Snelling" 
line from Minneapolis and the "Fort Snelling" line from 
St. Paul, united into one through line. This line is 
longer than the others but offers picturesque views in 
the vicinity of Fort Snelling. 



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Snelling through a very 
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steamer goes through to St. Paul. 
Time cards are posted at Minnehaha 
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and Nicollet on Nicollet Av., to 
Grant St., to 1st Av. S., to Wash- 
ington Av., to 20th Av. N., to 
Crystal Lake Av., to Penn Av., to 
32nd Av. N., to Robbinsdale. 

First Avenue Short Line. — On 
Nicollet Av. from 31st St., to Grant 
St., to 1st Av. S., and around 3rd 
St. loop. 

Fourth Avenue S. &. Sixth Ave- 
nue N. — On 4th Av. S. from 38th 
St., to 5th St., to 6th Av. N., to 
Russel Av. 

Fourth Avenue Short Line. — On 
4th Av. S. from 38th St., to 3rd St., 
to 1st Av. N. 

Grand & 1st Avenue. — On Grand 
Av. from 40th St., to Lake St., to 
Nicollet, to Grant St., to 1st Av. 
S., to 3rd St., to 1st Av. N., to 
Washington, to 1st Av. S. and re- 
turn. 

Kenwood & 8th St. S. E. — From 
21st St.' and Penn Av., to Oliver, 
to Douglas, to Hennepin, to Cen- 
tral, to 8th St. S. E., to 14th Av. 
S. E. 

Minneapolis & St. Paul Line. — 
From Hennepin and Washington 
Avs., via 1st Av. N., 5th St., 2nd 
Av. S., to Washington Av. S., to 
Washington Av. S. E., to Univer- 
sity Av., to Wabasha St., and 
around St. Paul loop, i. e., from 8th 
St., on Wabasha St., to 5th St., to 
Robert St., to 8th St., to Wabasha 
St. 

Minnehaha - Snellino Line. — 
On' Washington Av. to 1st Av. N. 
to 5th St. to 2nd Av. S., to Wash- 
ington Av. to Cedar Av. to River- 
side Av. to 27th Av. S. to Minne- 
haha Av. to Fort Snelling to West 
7th St. to East 7th Street Station, 
St. Paul. 

Minnehaha Falls. — Same as 
Minnehaha-Snelling as far as 
Minnehaha Falls. 

Monroe & Bryant. — On Washing- 
ton St. from 17th Av. N. E. to 
Broadway, to Monroe St., to 7th 
St., to Central Av., to Hennepin 
Av., to Lyndale Av., to Lake St., to 
Bryant Av., to 46th St. 

Oak & Harriet. — From Dart- 
mouth and Superior S. E. to Erie 
St., to Fulton St., to Oak St., to 
4th St., to Central Av., to Hennepin 
Av., to Lake Harriet loop. 



Plymouth & Bloomington.— On 
Bloomington Av. from 34th St. to 
Franklin Av., to 15th Av. S., to 7th 
St., to 10th Av., to 6th St., to 8th 
Av., to 4th St., to 1st Av. S. to 
Washington Av., to Plymouth Av., 
to Penn Av. 

Riverside Line. — On Minnehaha 
Av. from 37th St., to 27th Av. S., 
to Riverside Av., to Cedar Av., to 
Washington Av., to 4th Av., to 3rd 
St., to 1st Av. N., to 5th St., to 2nd 
Av. S., to Washington and return. 

Selby-Lake. — From Hennepin 
Av. and Lake St. to Mississippi 
river, Minneapolis, to Marshall 
Av., to Fairview Av., to Selby Av., 
to 4th St., to Broadway, St. Paul. 
This line affords a crosstown line 
in the southern part of the city 
and intersects the Hennepin, 
Grand, Bryant, Lyndale, 1st, 4th, 
8th, Bloomington, Cedar and Min- 
nehaha Avenue lines. 

Washburn Park & Camden. — On 
Nicollet from 50th St., to Grant 
St., to 1st Av. S., to Washington 
Av., to 49th Av. N. 

Western Avenue & Second Street 
N. E. — On 25th Av. N. E., from 
Grand to 2nd St., to Central Av., 
to Hennepin Av., to 7th St. N., to 
Western Av., to Penn Av. 

INTERURBAN LINES. 

All St. Paul lines are tapped by 
the four interurban lines, which 
are the Como-Harriet-Hopkins; 
Minneapolis & St. Paul; Selby- 
Lake and Minnehaha-Snelling. 
To reach White Bear Lake and 
Stillwater, passengers transfer to 
the St. Paul and Stillwater line 
at 7th and Wabasha Sts., St. Paul. 
To reach Lake Minnetonka pas- 
sengers board cars at Hennepin 
Av. and 6th St. or Hennepin Av. 
and Lake St., Minneapolis. 

St. Paul White Bear and Still- 
water. — From Cedar St. switch on 
8th St., St. Paul, to Wabasha, to E. 
5th St., to Broadway, to E. 7th St., 
thence to Wildwood, White Bear 
Lake and Stillwater, returning on 
East 7th St. to Cedar St. 

Minneapolis & Tonka Bay.— 
From Hennepin Av. and 6th St., 
Minneapolis, out Hennepin to 31st 
St. i via Lakes Calhoun and Harriet 
to Hopkins and Excelsior and Ton- 
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Minneapolis & Deephaven. — 
Same as Excelsior line to Hopkins 
and thence diverging to Deephaven 
on Bay St. Louis, Lake Minne- 
tonka. 

The street railway company has 
its downtown ticket office and in- 
formation bureau for its Lake 
Minnetonka lines at 17 N. 6th St., 
near Hennepin Av. 

All cars carry plain signs, bear- 
ing the name of the route, and at 
night have illuminated signs. On 
all principal lines they run at in- 
tervals of from four to fifteen 
minutes. Fare, five cents on all 
local lines. Interurban lines ten 
cents. Stillwater line 30 cents. 
Excelsior or Deephaven line 25 
cents. Transfer tickets may be 
obtained from the conductors. 

Steamboat Division. 
The company also owns and op- 
perates a fleet of 12 steamers on 
Lake Minnetonka, which connect 
with cars at Excelsior, Tonka Bay 
and Deephaven for all points on 
lake. Fare between any two 
points on any one line of these 
boats, 10 cents. 

Big Island Park. 

The Company's beautiful new 
picnic resort on Big Island, Lake 
Minnetonka, includes 65 acres and 
represents an investment of $250,- 
000. It is the most pretentious re- 
sort of its kind in the northwest. 

Streets and Avenues. — To find 
conveniently, a given street or a 
given number, however remote, is 
made comparatively easy by an 
understanding of the general plan 
on which the city is laid out. This 
is measurably simple. Consulta- 
tion with the map will show that 
the city is divided into two parts 
by the Mississippi river which has 
a generally southeasterly course 
within the limits. The smaller 
part of the city — its northeastern 
corner — is called the East Divi- 
sion, or in common parlance the 
"east side." The larger part is 
of course the West Division or 
"west side." The streets and ave- 
nues of the two divisions are en- 
tirely distinct and have different 
names and sets of house numbers. 



The numerical system of nam- 
ing streets and avenues is in use. 
In the West Division the streets 
are parallel with the river and are 
designated as North and South, 
First, Second and Third Streets, 
etc. Hennepin Avenue as far as 
Kenwood Boulevard is the divid- 
ing line between North and South. 
The thoroughfares running at 
right angles with the river are 
called Avenues, and their position 
with regard to Hennepin Avenue 
(the dividing line) is indicated by 
the addition of the words "North" 
or "South." Tbus Fourth Avenue 
North is the fourth avenue north 
of and parallel with Hennepin 
Avenue. South of Hennepin, Nic- 
ollet Avenue intervenes before 
First Avenue South after which 
the numbered avenues continue 
consecutively. 

The course of Nicollet Av. from 
the river is southwest for about a 
mile. At Grant St. (next to 13th 
St.) Nicollet Av. turns due south 
and continues to the city limits 
with all intersecting streets at 
right angles and consequently 
having due east and west lines. 
From Grant St. to the south limits 
Nicollet Av. becomes the dividing 
line and intersecting streets are 
designated as "east" and "west." 
Thus East 14th St. is the first 
south of East Grant, and West 
Fourteenth, its continuation west 
of Nicollet. First Av. S. contin- 
ues as the first street east of and 
parallel with Nicollet south of 
Grant and with the other avenues 
retains its appellation of "south." 

Parallel with Nicollet on the 
west is a series of avenues desig- 
nated by names. The seventh is 
Lyndale which runs exactly north 
and south from the north to the 
south boundary lines of the city. 
It is an avenue and as such would 
be expected to be at right angles 
with the river. But in the norths 
em part of the city it is, by a 
change of the river's course, ex- 



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STREET DIVISIONS IN MINNEAPOLIS 

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actly parallel with the stream and 
consequently with North First St., 
which has followed the bend of 
the river. From Plymouth Av. 
(same as 13th Av. N.) Lyndale 
Av. is the seventh street west of 
the river. West of and parallel 
With Lyndale and extending north 
and south from Kenwood Park- 
way and Superior Av. is a series 
of avenues whose names are 
alphabetically arranged as Aldrich 
(first west of Lyndale), Bryant, 
Colfax, Dupont, etc. This series 
extends to the western city limits. 

In the East Division the same 
system prevails with Central Av. 
and Division St. as the dividing 
line as Hennepin Av. is on the 
west side. To prevent confusion 
with the west side, avenues north 
of and parallel with Central Av. 
are called "First Av. Northeast," 
"Second Av. Northeast," etc., and 
south of Central Av., "First Av. 
Southeast," etc. The streets are 
called "Southeast Fourth St.," or 
"Northeast Second St.," according 
to the direction from Central Av. 
The addition of the word "east" 
in this designation has no signifi- 
cance except that it marks the 
street or avenue as being in the 
East Division. 

In various parts of the city 
there are avenues between the 
consecutive numerical streets or 
avenues. These are sometimes 
confusing to strangers. The most 
conspicuous among these is Wash- 
ington Av., which runs north and 
south parallel to the river between 
Second and Third Sts. 

House Numbers. — In numbering 
stores and houses a new hundred 
is commenced at the crossing of 
every numerically named street or" 
avenue. Thus 700 1st Av. S. 
would be the first door beyond S. 
7th St., whether the "600s" had 
been exhausted between 6th and 
7th Sts. or not. On ordinary 
blocks there are from twenty-five 
to thirty numbers. One may be 



sure that 627 S. 9th St. is very 
near the intersection of 7th Av. S. 
Where the streets are not desig- 
nated numerically a new "100" is 
ordinarily commenced after each 
crossing though the rule is not in- 
variable. A good point to remem- 
ber is that on all streets and ave- 
nues crossing Lyndale Av. the 
first number west of Lyndale is 
invariably "700." 

By keeping the general principle 
of the numbering system in mind 
it is not difficult to find any num- 
ber or to determine in advance 
just how many blocks it is dis- 
tant. 

In the following street directory 
all numerically named streets and 
avenues are omitted except where 
their course is unusual. The fore- 
going explanation will enable one 
to find those which conform to the 
general rule. In some parts of 
the city the system is sadly 
broken in upon and it has been 
the intention to mention all 
streets in such localities. Impor- 
tant divergencies from the system 
of numbering are also noted. 

"A" St., E. D. — 1st e of Johnson 
st, Division st, to limits. Contin- 
uation of 11th av se. (The streets 
east of "A" st to the city limits 
are named consecutively "B," "C," 
"D," etc. to "U" which is close to 
the limits. All are numbered same 
as Johnson st. As few of them 
are opened for more than a few 
blocks they are not mentioned 
again in this list.) 

Adams St., E. D. — 1st e of Wash- 
ington st, 4th av ne to 18th av ne; 
400 4th av ne, 600 Spring st, 700 
Summer st, 1100 Broadway, 1300 
13th av ne. (Regular to end.) 

Aldrich Av. — See N. and S. Al- 
drich. 

Alma Pl. — N. from 27th av n bet. 
Wash, av and n 4th st. 

Arlington St., E. D. — River e to 
University av, 1st s of University 
grounds. 

Arthur Av. E. D. — 1st s of Wil- 
liams av., fr Orlin Av. sw to s 
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Barnes Pl., W. D. — Humboldt av 
w to Lovell Park, 1st n of 8th av n. 

Barton Av.. E. .D. — From Mal- 
colm Av, s e to s line of Prospect 
Park. 

Bassett Pl., W. D. — 6th av n to 
8 th av n 1st w of Aldrich av. 

Beacon St., E. D. — River to Uni- 
versity av, 2d s of University 
grounds; 4 River, 100 Prospect st, 
200 Pleasant, 300 State, 400 Church, 
500 Union, 600 Harvard, 700 Wal- 
nut, 800 Oak, 900 Ontario. 

Bedford St., E. D. — Fr Univer- 
sity Av. s to Sharon Av, 1st w of 
Emerald St. 

Belle St., E. D. — Oak to 21st av 
se, 1st n of Marshall av. 

Bjornson Av., W. D. — 1st e of 
22d av so, s 5th to s 6th. 

Blaisdell Av., W. D. — Franklin 
av to w 48th st, 1st w of Nicollet 
av. 

Bloomington Av., W. D. — Frank- 
lin av s to city limits, 1st e of 
15th av s. 

Bluff St., W. D. — 1st n of 1st 
st, Cedar av to 20th av s. 

Border Av., W. D. — Holden st n 
w to Lakeside av, 1st s w of High- 
land av; 2 Western av, 14 Holden 
st, 30 Border pl. 

Bradford Av., W. D. — 6th av n 
to 8th av n, 2d e of n Lyndale av. 

Bridge Sq., W. D. — The com- 
bination of Hennepin and Nicollet 
avs from their junction at 1st st 
to the river. 

Bridge St., E. D. — Nicollet Is- 
land, connecting east and west 
channel bridges, 2 Bridge, 10 Is- 
land av, 40 Wilder st. 

Broadway St., E. D. — Main st e 
to limits, 1st s of 12th av ne; 131 
Main st, 201 2d st ne, 301 3d st, 331 
Univ av ne, 401 ne 4th st, 501 ne 5th 
st, 601 ne 6th st, 619 Washington 
st, 641 Adams, 661 Jefferson, 681 
Madison, 700 Monroe, 800 Quincy, 
824 Jackson, 900 Van Buren, 933 
Central, 1001 Tylor, 1201 Filmore, 
1301 Pierce, 1401 Buchanan, 1501 
Lincoln. 

Brook Av., E. D. — Rollins add. 
12th av se to Oak st, 1st s of 
Como av. 

Bryant Av., — See N. and S. Bry- 
ant. 



Buchanan St., E. D.— Division st 
n to limits, 1st w of Lincoln; 300 
Division st, 400 Winter, 600 Spring, 
700 Summer, 1100 Broadway, 1200 
12th st ne, etc, 

Butler Pl., W. D.— 22d av s to 
25th av s, bet 8th and 9th sts s. 

Calhoun Av., W. D. — 1st w of 

Lake Calhoun, 32d to 36th st. 

Calhoun Boul., W. D. — E side of 
Lake Calhoun. 

California St., E. D. — First w of 
Main st, ne fr 15th. av ne to limits. 

Camden Av., W. D. — First w of 
Lyndale, 44th av n to 47th av n. 

Cedar Av., W. D. — Bluff st to 
limits, 1st w of 19th av s. 

Cedar Lake Av., W. D. — Along s 
shore of Cedar Lake to s Chowen 
av. 

Cedar Lake Road. — See n and s 
Cedar Lake Rd. 

Center St. — See Findley Place. 

Central Ave., E. D. — Stone Arch 
bdg ne to limits; 60 Stone Arch 
bdg, 100 Main, 112 Prince, 200 2d 
st, 208 Ortman, 300 University, 400 
4th, 500 5th, 600 6th, 700 7th, 800 
8th, 900 9th, 930 10th, 963 3d av ne, 
1017 Harrison st, 1037 Summer st, 
1100 Broadway, 1200 12th av ne, 
regular to limits. 

Chestnut Ave., W. D. — 11th St. 
W to Lyndale; begins two blks n 
of Hennepin av. 

Chestnut Pl. — Fr Chestnut av s, 
e of Lyndale av. 

Chicago Ave., W. D. — Continua- 
tion of 8th av s, 9th st to s limits. 

Church St., E. D. — University 
av se to Margin st; 4th e of river. 

Clarence Av., E. D. — Fr Univer- 
sity Av. s e to Bedford, 1st s of 
Malcolm Av. 

Clarendon Ave., W. D. — 1st n of 
w 38th; s Emerson av to Hennepin 
av. 

Clifton Ave., W. D. — Vine pl w 
to Clifton pl; 1st s of Oak Grove 
or w 17th st; 100 Vine pl. 420 Clif- 
ton pl. 

Clifton Pl., W. D. — Crosses w 
end of Clifton av s from Oak Grove 
st. 

Clinton Ave., W. D. — From 
Grant st s to limits; bet 3d and 4th 
av s. 



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Colfax Ave. — See N. and S. Col- 
fax Aves. 

Columbus Ave., W. D. — S fr 18th 
st, 1st e of Park av, formerly iy 2 
av, also called "Park Place." 

Como Ave., E. D. — 10th av se to 
limits; 1st s of Talmage av; 1001 
10th av se, etc. 

Coopee St., W. D. — On the flats. 

Crystal Lake Ave., W. D. — 
Humboldt av n to limits; continua- 
tion of 20th av n; 1401 e line For- 
est Heights; 1501 Ewingavn; 1601 
James, 1701 Knox, 1801 Logan, 
1901 Morgan, 1915 21st av n, 2023 
23rd av n, 2201 Penn, 2301 Queen, 
2601 26th. 

Dartmouth Av., E. D. — Fr On- 
tario, e to Lennox, 1st n of Yale. 
Delaware St., E. D. — River e to 
St Mary av; 4th s of Univer'y 
grounds; 14 Mississippi river, 100 
Prospect st, 200 Pleasant st, 300 
State st, 400 Church st, 500 Union 
st, 600 Harvard st, 700 Walnut st, 
800 Oak st, 900 Ontario st. 1000 
Erie st, 2500 25th av se etc. 

Dell Pl., W. D. — Lyndale av e 
to Groveland. 

Division St., E. D. — Harrison st 
e to limits; 1st n of Talmadge av; 
932 Harrison, 1000 Tyler, 1025 Polk, 
1101 Taylor and 5th av se, 1201 
Filmore, 1301 Pierce, 1401 Buchan- 
an, 1501 Lincoln, 1601 Johnson and 
10th av se, etc. 

Dorman Av., W. D. — First sw of 
Riverside av fr 40th to 46th av s. 

Douglas Av., W. D. — Hennepin 
av w to limits, 1st n Summit av; 
901 Bryant, 1001 Colfax, 1101 Du- 
pont, 1201 Emerson, 1301 Fremont, 
1401 Girard, 1500 Humboldt, 1600 
Irving, 1700 James, 1800 Knox, 
1900 Logan, 2000 Morgan, 2100 
Newton. 

DuroNT Av. — See N. and S. Du- 
pont av. 

East Franklin Av., W. D. — Nic- 
ollet av to river; 1st s of 19th st 
same as East 20th st. 

East Grant St., W. D. — Nicollet 
av to Portland av; next n of e 14th 
st. 

East Lake St., W. D. — Nicollet 
av to river (same as 30th st.) 

Eastman Av., E. D. — E and w on 
Nicollet Island, 1st n of Bridge st, 



2 Island Av. e side Island, 58 Is- 
land av w side Island. 

18y 2 Av NE, E. D.— Monroe e to 
Flln ^ e T st; 700 Monroe, 801 Quin- 
^Ik^l'l^fer 933 Centra1 ' 100 ° 

11th St.— See n and s 11th St. 

Elliott Av., W. D.— Same as 9th 
av s fr 9th st to limits. 

Elm St E D.— Fr 22% av s e, 
e to city limits, 4th n of Marshall 

n *??^ S £' T D — (Bryn Mawr 
add.) Fr Newton av to Cedar Lake 
Road, 2d e of Oliver av. 

oqS LR0 ^ o St ' W * D — Nicollet bet 

nl 5o a i? d ?°s th w t0 feasant. (Same 
ds zy^*> st.) 

Emerald St., E. D.— E limits s fr 
University av. 

Elwood Av., W. D.— 6th av n 
S n ftn?«?l boldt av n w to 10th av 
8th a aV n ' 70 ° Irving " av » 800 

Emerson Av.— See N. and S. 
Emerson. 

Erie Av., W. D.— Hennepin av w 
toLyndale, 2d n of Kenwood Park- 

fr E ™ *|t. E D ._- 2d e of Oak st; 
£t ? ¥± ^ St P Ry to rive r; 200 C 
M & St P Ry, 300 Cambridge, 400 
?n e n a rT ar + e ' 50 i Essex, 600 Fulton, 
/00 Dartmouth av. 

Essex St., E. D.— River e to St 
Mary av, 5th s of University; 14 
Tnn S £! Ct St u 10 c ° Plea sant, 200 State, 
400 Church, 500 Union, 600 Har- 
vard, 700 Walnut, 800 Oak, 900 On- 
tario, 1000 Erie, 1200 Huron, 2600 
26th av se, 2700 27th av. 

Euclid Pi,, W. D.— Fr w 25th st 
to Lake of the Isles boul. 

Excelsior Av., W. D Sw fr 

Lake st w of Lake Calhoun. 

Ferrant Pl.— McNair to Sheri- 
dan av, 1st w of Crystal Lake av. 

Filmore St., E. D.— Division st 
n to limits, 1st e of Taylor st; 301 
Division st, 401 Winter, 601 Spring-, 
'OlSummer, 801 Broadway, 1600 
16th av ne, etc. 

Findley Pl.— Lake st s, w of 
Blaisdell av. 

Florence Court, E. D S fr 

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Franklin Av. — See E. and W. 
Franklin Av. 

Franklin Pl. — Franklin av s to 
e 24th, bet 22d and 23d avs s. 

Franklin Terrace. — Same as 
Riverside av from 8th st to Frank- 
lin av. 

Fremont Av. — See N. and S. Fre- 
mont av. 

Fulton St., E. D. — Pleasant e to 
Huron av; 6 th s of University 
grounds; 200 Pleasant, 300 State, 
400 Church, 500 Union, 600 Har- 
vard, 700 Walnut, 800 Oak, 900 On- 
tario, 1000 Erie, 1027 Huron. 

Garfield Av., W. D. — Franklin 
av s to limits; 6th w of Nicollet 
av. 

Girard Av. — See N. and S. Gir- 
ard av. 

Gram mercy Av. — Lies parallel to 
and one block nwly of S Cedar 
Lake Road. Numbers begin at 
Western av. 

Grand Av., W. D. — Franklin av 
to limits, 4th w of Nicollet av. 

Grand St., E. D. — 13th av ne, n 
to 31st av ne, 1st e of Marshall. 

Grant St.— See E. and W. Grant 
st 

Gray Place, W. D.— 31st to 32d 
Av. N. bet 3d and 4th sts. 

Greeley Av., W. D. — Western av 
s to 1st av n, 1st w of Fremont 
av; 200 1st av n, 224 2d av n. 

Grove St., E. D. — Nicollet Is- 
land; e and w across Nicollet Is- 
land, 2d n of Bridge st; 2 Island 
av w side, 28 Nicollet st, 58 Island 
av e side. 

Groveland Av., W. D. — Fr w 
10th at Pillsbury av, w to Henne- 
pin av. 

Groveland Terrace, W. D. — Fr 
Hennepin w to Mt. Curve, 1st n of 
Mt. Curve av. 

"H." — Between Division st and 
14th av ne is known as the "Stin- 
son Boulevard." 

Hamline Av., E. D.— From river 
at Bridal Veil Falls, e to Emerald 
st, 1st n of Sharon av. 

Harmon Pl., W. D.— 10th st to 
Hennepin, 1st s of Hennepin; 1000 
10th, 1100 11th, 1200 12th, 1300 
13th, 1400 Spruce pl, 1500 Willow 
st, 1528 Maple. 

Harriet Av., W. D.— Franklin 
av s to city limits, 2d e of Lyndale. 



Harrison St., E. D. — Division st 
n to 3d av ne, 300 Division, 400 
Winter. Beginning n of Broadway 
the extension of this street is 
known as Central a v. 

Harvard St., E. D. — 6th e of riv- 
er, fr University av s to river; 2 
University av se, 100 Arlington st, 
200 Beacon, 300 Cambridge, 400 
Delaware, 500 Essex, 600 Fulton. 

Hawthorn Av., W. D. — 9th st n, 
sw to Lyndale, 1st n of Hennepin 
at beginning. 

Hennepin Av., W. D. — Sw fr riv- 
er to w 28th st, thence due s to 
Florence av; 1st to 13th sts regu- 
lar, 1400 Laurel av, 1401 Spruce pl, 
1501 Willow st, 1528 16th, 1529 Ma- 
ple, 1576 Harmon pl, 1608 Superior 
av, 1701 Oak Grove st, 1732 Lyn- 
dale av on w, 1748 Groveland av, 
1769 Lyndale av on e, 1780 Mount 
Curve av, 1800 Summit, 1900 Lin- 
coln, 2000 Franklin, 2100 Colfax av 
s, 2200 w 22d st, regular to end. 

Hiawatha Av., W. D. — E 22d st 
se to limits, 1 blk e of Cedar av at 
22d st. 

High St., W. D. — Bridge sq to 
1st av s; 1st w of river. 

Highland Av., W. D. — Royalston 
av nw to Lyndale av, bet Royal- 
ston and Lakeside avs; 2 Royal- 
ston av, 86 Royalston. 

Highland Pl., W. D. — Highland 
to Border avs. Oak Lake add. 

Hillside Av., W. D. — Humboldt 
av nw to 25th av n; 1400 Hum- 
boldt av n, 1500 Irving, 1700 Ilion, 
1800 James, 1901 Logan. 

Hoag Av., W. D. — Royalston av 
to 8th av, 1st w of n 6th; 21 Royal- 
ston av, 601 6th av n, 701 7th av n. 

Holden St., W. D. — N 9th st w 
to Border av, 1st n of Western av. 

Holmes Av., W. D. — H & D R R 
to w 36th st, 1st w of Hennepin av. 

Howard St., E. D. — W of Mon- 
roe, fr 22d av ne to 27th av ne. 

Humboldt Av. — See N. and S/ 
Humboldt av. 

Huron Av., W. D. — Lyndale av w 
to Fremont av, 1st s of Erie av. 

Huron St., E. D. — Essex st s to 
river, 1st e of Erie st; 500 Essex, 
600 Fulton, 700 Dartmouth av, 800 
Yale av. 

Irving Av. — See N. and S. Irving 
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Island Av., E. D. — On Nicollet 
Island, fr w end of Bridge st to e 
end around the n end of island; 1 
Bridge st, 29 Eastman av, 49 Grove 
st, 75 G. N. R'y, 107 Maple st, 163 
Maple st, 208 G. N. R'y, 219 Grove 
st, 267 Bridge st. 

Jackson St., E. D. — 2d av ne to 
27th av ne; 5th e of Adams; 300 3d 
av ne, 600 Spring, 700 Summer, 
1100 Broadway, 1200 12th av ne, 
etc. 

James Av. — See N. and S. James 
av. 

Jefferson St., E. D. — 3d av ne, n 
to limits; 1st e of Adams; 300 3d 
av ne, 400 4th av ne, 600 Spring st, 
700 Summer, 1100 Broadway, 1300 
13 th av ne, etc. 

Jewett Pl., W. D. — 6th av n to 
8th av; 1st w of Dupont. 

Johnson St., E. D. — Division st n 
to limits, 1st e of Lincoln; 300 Di- 
vision, 400 Winter, 600 Spring, 700 
Summer, 1100 Broadway, 1600 16th 
av ne, etc. South of Division st 
the extension of this street is 
called 10th av se. 

Kenwood Boul., W. D. — Same as 
Superior av to Humboldt, Henne- 
pin av w, sw and s to Lake of the 
Isles boul; 101 Lyndale, 501 Du- 
pont, 601 Emerson, 901 Waverly pl, 
1200 Morgan, 1700 Mt Curve, 1800 
Douglas, 2000 Franklin, 2200 22d 
st. 

Knox Av. — See N. and S. Knox. 

Lake St. — See E. and W. Lake 
St. 

Lake Harriet Boul., W. D. — • 
Around Lake Harriet. 

Lake Pl., W. D. — Irving av s to 
w 26th st; near Lake of the Isles, 
2204 Irving av, 2500 e 25th st. 

Lake of the Isles Boul., W. D. 
—Around Lake cf the Isles. 

Lakeside Av., W. D. — Western 
av n and w to Lyndale av, 1st e of 
Lyndale; 1 Western av, 21 Lawn 
pl, 57 Border av, 73 Park pl. 

Laurel Av., W. D. — Hennepin av 
at 14th st w to Lyndale, 1st s of 
Hawthorn. 

Layman Av. — 1st E. of 21st av 
s 28th to Lake st. 

Lincoln Av., W. D.-^Lyndale av 
w to s Oliver av; 1st n of Frank- 
lin; 701 Lyndale av, 801 Aldrich, 
813 Hennepin, 901 Bryant, 1001 
Colfax, 1101 Dupont, etc. 



Lincoln St., E. D.— 7th e of Cen- 
tral fr Division st n to limits; 301 
Division st, 400 Winter, 600 Spring, 
700 Summer, 1100 Broadway, 1600 
16th av ne, etc. 

Linden Av., W. D. — 12th st nw 
to R R track; 1st s of Chestnut av; 
72 n 12th st, 120 n 15th, 144 n 16th, 
168 n 17th, 184 Lyndale av, 228 n 
19th, 256 Bryant av. 

Locust St., W. D. — 427 22d av s 
to river. 

Logan Av. — See N. and S. Logan. 

Longfellow Av., W. D. — 1st e.of 
Cedar av fr e Lake st to limits. 

Lowland Av., W. D. — Each side 
of N P R R on the flats. 

Lyndale Av.— See N. and S. Lyn- 
dale. 

Lyndale Pl., W. D. — 1st w of 
Lyndale av fr 6th av n. 

McNair Av., W. D. — Penn av at 
Crystal Lake Road sw to limits. 

Madison St., E. D. — 3d e of 
Washington st fr 3d av ne to 27th 
av ne; 300 3d av ne, 400 4th, 600 
Spring st, 700 Summer, 1100 Broad- 
way, 1300 13th av ne, regular to 
end. 

Main St., N. E. — 1 Central av ne 
to city limits. 

Main St., S. E. — 2 Central av se 
to 8th av se. 

Malcolm Av., E. D. — Bet Arthur 
and Clarence Avs. 

Maple Pl., E. D. — Crosses n end 
of Nicollet Island. 

Maple St., W. D. — Hennepin av 
s to Harmon pl; 1st w of Willow 
st. 

Marshall Av., E. D. — Oak st 
and 4th st e to limits. 

Marshall St., E. D. — 5th av ne 
nw to city limits; 1st w of Main 
st. 

Mary Pl., W. D.— Bet Nicollet 
and Hennepin avs; 8th to 13th sts. 

Melbourne Av., E. D. — Fr Se} r - 
mour av to Orlin av, 1st w of 
Ham line a v. 

Mill St., W. D. — 26th av n to 
31st av n; next to river. 

Mill Pl., W. D. — On the flats. 

Milwaukee Av. (was 22% Av. 
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Minnehaha Av., W. D. — Cedar av 
and 8th st se to city limits near 
Minnehaha Falls. 

Minnehaha Parkway, W. D. — S 
of w 52 st, along Minnehaha Creek, 
fr Lake Harriet to Minnehaha av. 

Mississippi Av. — 1st n of 30th av 
n fr Lyndale to Dupont avs n. 

Mississippi St., E. D. — Franklin 
av bridge to Lenox st. 

Monroe St., E. D. — 3d av ne to 
29th av ne; 1st e of Madison st; 
301 3d av ne, 601 Spring st, 701 
Summer, 1101 Broadway, 1301 13th 
av ne, etc. 

Mount Curve Av., W. D. — Doug- 
las av near Hennepin, w to Ken- 
wood Parkway, 816 Douglas, 1000 
Colfax, 1101 Dupont, 1201 Emer- 
son, 1226 Fremont, 1500 Humboldt, 
1600 Irving, 1700 James, 1800 
Knox, 1900 Logan, 2000 Morgan. 

Nicollet At., W. D. — Hennepin 
av and High st sw to Grant st 
thence s to limits; dividing line be- 
tween East and West for all 
streets South of Grant. 

Nicollet St., E. D. — Nicollet Is- 
land; Grove st to Maple. 

North Aldrich Av., W. D. — Su- 
perior av n to limits; 1st w of Lyn- 
dale av; 1 Superior av, 29 Huron, 
53 Erie, 77 Ontario, 101 Laurel, 125 
Hawthorn, 149 Linden, 183 Chest- 
nut, 201 1st av n, 225 2d, 241 West- 
ern, 301 3d av n, etc. 

North Bryant Av., W. D. — Supe- 
rior av n to limits; 2d w of Lyn- 
dale av; 1 Superior av, 29 Huron, 
53 Erie, 77 Ontario, 101 Laurel, 
125 Hawthorn, 600 6th av n, etc. 

North Cedar Lake Rd., W. D. — 
S w from Western av bet n Hum- 
boldt and n Irving avs, to Superi- 
or; numbers begin at Western av. 

North Colfax Av., W. D. — Supe- 
rior av n to limits, 3d w of Lyn- 
dale av; 1 Superior av, 29 Huron, 
53 Erie, 77 Ontario, 101 Laurel, 
125 Hawthorn, 177 Chestnut, 201 
1st av n, 229 2d av n, 251 Western, 
301 3d av. 

Unopened from 6th av n to 26th 
av n; thence 100 to a blk to 36th 
av n. 

North Dupont Av., W.D. — Supe- 
rior av, n to city limits, 4th w 
Lyndale av, 1 Superior av, 29 Hu- 
ron, 53 Erie, 76 Ontario, 101 Laur- 



el, 177 Chestnut, 201 1st av n, 255 
Western av, 501 5th av n, etc. 

North Eleventh St., W. D. — 
Hennepin av n to 2d av n, 1 Hen- 
nepin av, 31 Hawthorn, 53 Chest- 
nut, 101 1st, 125 Western av. 

North Emerson Av., W. D. — Su- 
perior av n to limits; 5th w of Lyn- 
dale av, same numbering as n Du- 
pont. 

North Fremont Av., W. D. — Su- 
perior av n to limits; 6th w of 
Lyndale av, same numbering as n 
Dupont. 

North Humboldt Av., W. D. — 
Superior av n to limits; 8th w of 
Lyndale av, same numbering as n 
Dupont. 

North Irving Av., W. D. — Chest- 
nut av to limits; 9th w of Lyndale 
av; 176 Chestnut av, 204 1st, 232 2d 
av n, 300 Western av, 400 4th av 
n, etc. 

North Jambs Av., W. D. — Chest- 
nut av n to limits; 10th w of Lyn- 
dale av, 170 Chestnut av, 204 1st 
av n, 232 2d av n, 300 Western, 
400 4th av n, etc. 

North Knox Av., W. D. — West- 
ern av to limits; 11th w of Lyn- 
dale av; 400 4th av n, etc. 

North Logan Av., W. D. — Supe- 
rior av n to limits; 12th w of Lyn- 
dale av; 300 Western, 400 4th av n, 
etc. 

North Lyndale Av., W. D. — Ken- 
wood Parkway near Loring Park 
n to limits; 29 Huron, 53 Erie, 77 
Ontario, 101 Laurel, 125 Hawthorn, 
149 Linden, 171 Chestnut, 195 R R 
Crossing, 201 1st av n, 229 West- 
ern, 301 2d av n, 600 6th av n, etc. 

North Morgan Av. — N fr West- 
ern av to limits, 13th w of Lyn- 
dale. 

North Ninth St., W. D. — N fr e 
end of Hawthorn av; 40 Hawthorn 
av, 100 1st av n, 124 Western av. 

North Oliver Av., W. D. — Su- 
perior av n to limits, 7th w of 
Humboldt av; 300 Western av, 400 
4th av n, etc. 

North Penn Av., W. D. — Six- 
teenth w of Lyndale av; fr Superi- 
or av n to limits, same numbering 
as Oliver. 

North Queen Av., W. D. — Supe- 
rior av n to limits; 17tU w of 
Lyndale av. 



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North Russell Av., W. D. — Su- 
perior av n to limits; 18th w of 
Lyndale av, same numbering as 
Oliver. 

North Seventeenth St., W. D.-— 
Fr Erie av 1st e of Lyndale av; 
100 Laurel, 125 Hawthorn, 148 Lin- 
den. 

North Sheridan Av., W. D. — Su- 
perior av n to limits; 11th w of 
Humboldt av. 

North Sixteenth St., W. D. — 2d 
e of Lyndale av n; 1 Hennepin, 32 
Laurel, 56 Hawthorn, 82 Linden. 

North Washington Av., W. D. — 
Hennepin av to limits; bet 2d and 
3d st n; 2 Hennepin av, 100 1st av 
n, etc. 

Oak St., E. D. — River n to Great 
Northern R R; 1st e of 17th av se. 

Oak Grove St., W. D. — Nicollet 
av w to Hennepin av; s of W 15th 
st; 101 Vine pi, 201 Spruce pi, 417 
Clifton pi, 508 W 15th st, 536 Hen- 
nepin av. 

Oakland Av., W. D. — 1st e of 
Portland, Franklin av s to limits. 
Same as 6% av s. (Formerly called 

Oak Lake Av., W. D. — 6th av n 
to 10th av n; 1st e of Lyndale av. 

Oliver Av. — See n Oliver av. 

Ontario Av., W. D. — Lyndale av 
w to Fremont av; 1st s of Laurel 
av, 1 Lyndale av, 73 Aldrich. 

Ontario St., E. D. — Beacon st s 
to river; 1st e of Oak st. 

Orlin Av., E. D. — Fr University 
Av. through Prospect Park to 
Emerald St. 

Ortman St., E. D. — Central av se 
to 1st av se; 1st w of University 
av; 1 Central av, 49 Bank st, 100 
1st av se. 

Pacific St., W. D. — 20th av n to 
33d av n; 1st e of 1st st. 

Palace Court. — Fr Nic to 1st av 
s, bet. 3d and 4th sts. 

Park Av., W. D. — Continuation 
of 7th av s fr 10th st to limits. 

Park Boulevard. — Fr w 39th st 
to w 44th st, w of Queen. 

Park Pl„ W. D. — Fr Border av 
to Lakeside av, Oak Lake add. 

Penn Av. — See n Penn av. 

Pierce St., E. D. — Division st n 
to limits; 1st e of Filmore st; 300 
Division st, 400 Winter, 600 Spring, 



700 Summer, 1100 Broadway, 1600 
16th av ne, etc. 

Pillsbury Av., W. D. — Fr w 19th 
to 48th st, 2d w of Nicollet av (for- 
merly Lindley av). 

Pleasant Av. , W. D. — W Frank- 
lin av s to limits; 3d w of Nicollet 
av. 

Pleasant St. E. D. — Arlington st 
s to river; 1st e of Prospect st; 101 
Arlington st, 201 Beacon, 301 Cam- 
bridge, 401 Delaware, 501 Essex, 
601 Fulton. 

Plymouth Av., W. D. — Same as 
13th av n; runs from river w to 
city limits. 

Polk St., E. D. — Division st n to 
n limits; 1st e of Tyler st; 301 Di- 
vision st, 401 Winter, 601 Spring, 

701 Summer, 1100 Broadway, 1801 
18th av ne. 

Portland Av., W. D. — Continua- 
tion of 6th av s fr Grant st to lim- 
its. 

Prince St., E. D. — Central av se 
to Bank st. 

Prospect St., E. D. — Arlington st 
to river; 1st n of Pleasant st; 100 
Arlington st, 200 Beacon, 300 Cam- 
bridge, 400 Delaware, 500 Essex. 

Queen Av. — See N. Queen Av. 

Quincy St., E. D. — 3d av ne n to 

27th av; 1st e of Monroe; 300 3d av 
ne, 600 Spring st, 700 Summer, 
1100 Broadway, 1800 18th av ne, 
etc. 

Ramsey St., E. D. — 6th av ne n 
to river; 1st w of Marshall st. 

Randolph St., E. D. — 1st e of 

Marshall st; 26th to 31st av ne. 

Ridgewood Av., W. D. — Pills- 
bury av w to Lyndale; 1st n of 
Franklin av; 200 Pillsbury av, 400 
Pleasant, 700 Lyndale. 

River St., W. D. — Hennepin av 
nw to Bassett's Creek next to riv- 
er. 

Riverside Av., W. D. — Cedar av 
and s 4th st; se to 46th av s; regu- 
lar to 39th av s, 4000 e 26th st, 
4100 e 27th, 4500 e 29th. 

Royalston Av., W. D. — Western 
av and 12th st nw to 6th av n; 1 
Holden st, 20 Highland av, 120 6th 
av n. 

Sanford Court. — Bet 8th and 9th 
sts and lt& and 8th avs se. 



Seymour Av., E. D. — Clarence 
av s to Sharon av; 1st s e of Mal- 
colm av. 

Sheeidan Av. — See N. Sheridan. 

Sibley St., E. D. — 7th av ne n to 
13th av ne; 3d w of Main st. 

Snelling Av., W. D. — Franklin 
av se to limits; 1st w of Minne- 
haha av. 

South Abbott Av., W. D. — Fr 
Superior av, s to city limits, 1st 
W of Zenith av. 

South Aldrich Av., W. D. — Lin- 
coln av s to limits; 1st w of Lyn- 
dale av, 1950 Lincoln av, 2000 
Franklin, 2200 w 22d st, etc. 

South Beard Av., W. D. — Fr 
Superior av, s to city limits, 2d w 
of Zenith av. 

South Bryant Av., W. D. — Doug- 
las av s to limits; 2d w of Lyndale 
av; 1766 Douglas, 1800 Summit, 
1900 Lincoln, 2000 Franklin, 2200 
w 2 2d st, etc. 

South Cedar Lake Road, W. D. — 
Runs sw from Superior av near 
Xerxes av to w limits. 

South Chowen Av., W. D. — Fr 
Superior av, s to city limits, 3d 
w of Zenith av. 

South Colfax Av., W. D. — Doug- 
las av s to limits; 3d w of Lyndale 
av; 1766 Douglas, 1800 Summit, 
1900 Lincoln, 200 Franklin, 2200 
w 2 2d st, etc. 

South Drew Av., W. D. — Fr 
Superior av, s to Douglas av, 4th 
w of Zenith av. 

South Ddpont Av., W. D. — Supe- 
rior av s to limits; 4th w of Lyn- 
dale av; 1700 Mt Curve, 1766 Doug- 
las, 1800 Summit, 1900 Lincoln, 
2000 Franklin av w, 2200 w 22d st, 
etc. 

South Eleventh St., W. D. — 
Hennepin s to Portland; 1 Henne- 
pin av, 30 Harmon pi, 64 Mary pi, 
Nicollet av, 100 1st av s, etc. 

South Emerson Av., W. D. — Su- 
perior av s to limits; 5th w of Lyn- 
dale av; 1400 Groveland, 1705 Mt 
Curve, 1766 Douglas, 1800 Summit, 
1900 Lincoln, 2000 Franklin, 2200 
w 22d st, 2400 w 24th, 2420 Henne- 
pin, 2500 25th st, etc. 

South Ewing Av., W. D. — Fr 
Superior av, s to city limits, 5th 
w of Zenith av. 



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South France Av., W. D. — Fr 
Superior av, s to city limits, 6th 
w of Zenith av. 

South Fremont Av., W. D. — Mt 
Curve av s to w 36th st; 8th w of 
Lyndale av; 1700 Mt Curve, 1766 
Douglas, 1800 Summit, 1900 Lin- 
coln, 2000 Franklin, 2400 w 24th 
st, etc. 

South Girard Av., W. D. — Doug- 
las av s to limits; 7th w of Lyn- 
dale av; 1766 Douglas av, 1800 
Summit, 1900 Lincoln, 2000 Frank- 
lin, 2400 24th st, etc. 

South Humboldt Av., W. D. — Mt 
Curve av s to w 36th st; 8th w of 
Lyndale; 1701 Mt Curve av, 1766 
Douglas, 1801 Summit, 1901 Lin- 
coln, 2000 Franklin, 2200 22d st, 
etc. 

South Irving Av., W. D. — Mt 
Curve av s to w 36th st; 9th w of 
Lyndale av s to limits; 9th w of 
Lyndale av; 1700 Mt Curve, 1767 
Douglas, 1800 Summit, 1900 Lin- 
coln, 2000 Franklin, 2200 22d st, 
2312 Lake pi, 2400 24th st, 2500 
Euclid pi, 2600 26th, etc. 

South James Av., W. D. — Mt 
Curve s to limits; 10th w of Lyn- 
dale; 1700 Mt Curve, 1767 Douglas, 
1800 Summit, 1900 Lincoln, 2000 
Franklin, 2900 29th, 3000 Lake, 
3100 31st. 

South Knox Av., W. D. — Mt 
Curve s to Franklin; 11th w of 
Lyndale; 1700 Mt Curve, etc. 

South Logan Av., W. D. — W of 
s Knox. 

South Lyndale Av., W. D. — Ken- 
wood Parkway s; 7th w of Nicol- 
let; 23 Vineland pi, 1743 Groveland 
av, 1801 Summit, 1819 Lincoln, 
1921 Franklin av, 2201 w 22d st, 
etc. 

South Morgan Av., W. D. — W of 
s Logan. 

South 1Y 2 St., W. D. — 1st s of s 
7th st; n of Murphy pk; 22d to 23d 
avs s. 

South Upton Av., W. D. — Fr 
Lake Calhoun s, 13th w of Hum- 
boldt av. 

South Vincent Av., W. D. — Fr 
Superior av, s to city limits, 22d 
w of Lyndale av. 

South Washburn Av. W. D. — 
Fr Superior av, s to city limits, 
2 2d w of Lyndale av. 



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South Washington Av., W. D. — 
Hennepin av bet 2d and 3d sts s to 
river, across bridge and (E. D.) 
from river to University av se, 3d 
s of University grounds; numbered 
regularly in W. D. In E. D. 200 
Pleasant, 300 State, 400 Church, 
500 Union, 600 Harvard, 700 Wal- 
nut, 800 Oak, 900 Ontario. 

South Xerxes Av., W. D. — Fr 
Superior av, s to city limits, w s 
of Cedar Lake Park add. 

South York Av, W. D. — Fr w 
36th st, s to city limits, 1st w of 
Xerxes av. 

South Zenith Av., W. D. — Fr 
Superior ac, s to city limits, 2d w 
of Xerxes av. 

Spring St., E. D. — Washington 
st to Johnson st; 1st s of Summer 
st, 621 Washington st, 641 Adams, 
661 Jefferson, 681 Madison, 701 
Monroe, 801 Quincy, 825 Jackson, 
933 Central, 1001 Tyler, 1025 Polk, 
1101 Taylor, 1201 Filmore, 1301 
Pierce, 1401 Buchanan, 1501 Lin- 
coln, 1601 Johnson, etc. 

Spruce Pl., W. D. — Hennepin av 
to Oak Grove st; next w of s 13th 
st; 2 Hennepin av, 30 Harmon pl, 
58 ,Yale pl, 118 w Grant st, 1400 
w 14th, 1500 w 15th, 1536 Oak 
Grove. 

St. Anthony Parkway, E. D. — 
Along east river bank from the 
University to limits. 

State St., E. D. — Arlington st s 
to river; 1st e of Pleasant st; 101 
Arlington st, 201 Beacon, 301 Cam- 
bridge, 401 Delaware, 501 Essex, 
6-01 Fulton. 

Stevens Av., W. D. — Bet 1st and 
2d avs s fr Grant st to limits; 1300 
Grant st, 1400 14th, etc. 

Summer St., E. D. — 7th av ne to 
Johnson st, bet Spring and Broad- 
way; 626 7th av ne, 640 Adams st, 
G60 Jefferson, 680 Madison, 700 
Monroe, 800 Quincy, 824 Jackson, 
900 Van Buren, 932 Central, 1001 
Tyler, 1024 Polk, 1100 Taylor, 1200 
Filmore, 1300 Pierce, 1400 Buchan- 
an, 1500 Lincoln, 1600 Johnson, 
etc. 

Summit Av., W. D. — Lyndale av 
w to Humboldt av; 2d n of Frank- 
lin; 700 Lyndale av, 800 Hennepin, 
900 Bryant, 1000 Colfax, 1100 Du- 
pont, 1200 Emerson, 1300 Fremont, 
1400 Girard, 1500 Humboldt. 



Summit Pl., W. D.— -1st w of 
Fremont av s; fr Groveland av to 
Mt Curve av. 

Sumner Pl., W. D. — 1st w of n 
Bryant av; fr 6th av n to 11th av 
n. 

Superior Av., W. D. — Hennepin 
av w to limits; 1st s of Huron av 
(known also as Kenwood Parkway 
fr Hennepin to Humboldt av). 

Superior St., E. D. — South line of 
Regent's add to Bridal Veil Falls; 
1st e of Huron st. 

Sverdrup St.. W. D. — 1st n of s 
6 th st, near Riverside a v. 

Talmage Av., E. D. — 10th av se 
to 23d av se; 1st s of Division st. 

Taylor St., E. D. — Division st n 
to limits; 1st e of Polk st; 301 
Division, 401 Winter, 601 Spring, 
659 Summer, 1100 Broadway, 1800 
18th av ne, etc. 

10 V 2 Av. N., W. D.— S. fr 4th to 
5th and W. from Lyndale to Knox. 

Thomas Pl., W. D. — 1st w of 
6th. 

Tyler St., E. D. — Division st n to 
av n; Elwood av w to Logan av. 
Division st, 401 Winter, 601 Spring, 
701 Summer, 1101 Broadway. 

Union St., E. D. — Fr Arlington 
st to river; 1st e of Church st. 

University Av., ne, E. D. — Cen- 
tral av n to limits, bet 3d and 4th 
sts ne. 

University Av., se, E. D. — Cen- 
tral av s to limits bet 2d and 4th 
sts se. 

Van Buren St., E. D. — 3d av ne 
n to 18th av; 1st e of Jackson st; 
600 3d av ne, 700 Summer st, 1100* 
Broadway, 1200 12th av, etc. 

Vine Pl., W. D. — Grant st s to 
Franklin av; 1st w of Nicollet; 
1350 Grant st, 1400 w 14th, 1500 w 
15th; 1700 Oak Grove, 1800 Clifton, 
1900 w 19th, 1934 Franklin. 

Vineland Pl., W. D. — Fr Henne- 
pin av w to Bryant av; 1st s of 
Kenwood Parkway; 700 Lyndale 
av, 810 Bryant. 

Walnut St. E. D. — Arlington st 
s to river; 1st w of Oak st. 

Washington Av. — See N. and S. 
Washington av. 

Washington St., E. D. — 5th st net 
n to 27th av ne; 4th w of Monroe 
st, 601 Spring st, 701 Summer, 727 



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6th, 747 8th av he, 1101 Broadway, 
1301 13th av, etc. 

Water St., E. D. — 8th av ne to 
Ramsey st; next to river. 

Waverly Pl,, W. D. — 1st w of 
line of Humboldt av s; Kenwood 
Parkway to Mt Curve av; 1 Ken- 
wood Parkway, 1600 Groveland av. 

Wentworth Av., W. D. — S from 
w 40th st, two blocks w of Nicollet 
av. 

Western Av., W. D.— 7th st at 
1st av n to limits; 2 7th st n, 28 
9th, 50 10th, 76 11th, 100 12th, 124 
St P M & M Ry, 172 Border av, 
494 Lakeside, 700 Lyndale, 1200 
Fremont, etc. 

West Chestnut Av. — Lyndale av 
w to limits, 1st n of Linden. 

West Erie Av. — Lyndale av, w 
to limits. 2d n of Kenwood Park- 
way. 

West Franklin Av. W. D. — Nic- 
ollet av to city limits; 1st s of 19th 
st;*l Nicollet av, 101 Vine pl, 201 
Pillsbury av, 301 Pleasant, 401 
Grand, 501 Harriet, 601 Garfield, 
791 s Lyndale, 801 s Aldrich, 901 
s Bryant, 1001 Hennepin, 1101 
Dupont, 1201 s Emerson, 1301 s 
Fremont, 1401 s Girard, 1501 s 
Humboldt, 1601 s Irving, 1701 s 
James, 1801 Lake of Isles Boul- 
evard. 

West Grant St., W. D. — Nicollet 
av w to Willow st, bet 13th and 
14th sts, 1 Nicollet av, 101 Vine pl r 
201 Spruce pl. 

West Hawthorn Av. — Lyndale 
av w to limits, 1st n of Laurel. 

West Lake St., W. D. — Nicollet 
av w to limits (same as 30th st) ; 
1 Nicollet av, 101 Blaisdell, 113 
Center st, 201 Pillsbury av, 301 
Pleasant, 401 Grand, 501 Harriet, 
701 s Lyndale, 801 s Aldrich, 901 s 
Bryant, 1001 s Colfax, 1101 s Du- 
pont, 1201 s Emerson, 1301 s Fre- 
mont, 1401 s Girard, 1401 Henne- 
pin, 1501 s Holmes, 1601 s Hum- 
boldt, 1701 s Irving, 1801 s James, 
1901 s Knox. 

West Laurel Av. — Lyndale av w 
to limits, 4th n of Kenwood Park- 
way. 

West Linden Av. — Lyndale av w 
to R R tracks, 1st n of Hawthorn. 

West 19th St., W. D. — Nicollet 
av w to Lyndale; 1 Nicollet av; 
100 Vine pl, 200 Pillsbury av. 



West River Bank Parkway. — 
Along Miss, river from Franklin 
to Minnehaha Park. 

Wilder St., E. D. — Bridge st se; 
1st e of w channel. 

Willow Av., W. D. — Logan av 
nw to Penn av bet Crystal Lake av 
and Hillside aV. 

Willow St., W. D. — Hennepin av 
to w 15th st; 2d w of s 13th st. 

Winter St., E. D. — Harrison st e 
to V st; 1st n of Division st; 932 
Central av, 1000 Tyler, 1024 Polk, 
1100 Taylor, 1200 Filmore, 1300 
Pierce, 1400 Buchanan, 1500 Lin- 
coln, 1600 Johnson. 

Yale Pl., W. D.— 10th st to Wil- 
low st; 1st s of Harmon pl; 1000 
10th st, 1300 13th, 1400 Spruce pl r 
1500 Willow st. 

Street Sprinkling*. — Like all 
other public works, the sprinkling 
of streets is extended each year. 
Over 300 miles are now sprinkled. 
Improved sprinklers are used. 

St. Stephen's Catholic Church. — 
Cor. 22nd St. and Clinton Av. It 
is built of Bayfield brown stone 
and has an auditorium capable of 
seating 1,400 people. 4th Av. S. 
& 6th Av. N. electric line. 

Sub-Postal Stations. — ( See Post 
Office. ) 

Suburban Trains. — For trains to 
Lake Minnetonka, and all places 
in the vicinity, it is always best 
to consult the current time cards, 
as frequent changes are made. 
(See Ticket Offices.) 

Sunday is a quiet day in Minne- 
apolis. Police restrictions close 
the saloons. During the summer 
thousands visit the lakes either by 
automobiles, steam or electric cars 
or carriages. At Lake Harriet 
concerts are usually provided, and 
refreshments of a non-intoxicat- 
ing order may be obtained every- 
where. The boulevards and lake 
drives afford a means of pleasure 
which is very extensively enjoyed. 
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the livery stables. But Minneapolis 
is essentially a church-going city. 
In the morning the streets in the 
vicinity of the large churches are 
lined with churchgoers. Some of 
the evening services are of a pop- 
ular nature and are well attended. 

Swedish Mission Churches. — The 

churches of the Swedish Evangel- 
ical Mission Covenant of America 
are as follows : 

Bethania Church. — Cor. 25th 
Av. S. and 22d. 

Camden Place. — Cor. 42d Av. N. 
and Emerson. 

Gethsemane Church. — Cor. 20th 
Av. N. and Aldrich. 

North East (Swedish). — Cor. 
18% Av. N. E. and Central. 

Swedish Elim Church. — Cor. 
18th Av. S. and 31st St. 

Swedish Mission Tabernacle. — 
Cor. 8th Av. S. and 7th St. 

Scandinavian - American Bank 
Building*. — A brown stone struc- 
ture at 52-54 S. Fourth St. 
occupied exclusively as a banking 
house. The building is of attrac- 
tive architectural design and well 
adapted to the purposes of a mod- 
ern banking institution. 

Swedish Mission Tabernacle. — 

Corner of 8th Av. S. and 7th St. 
It was built in 1886 at a cost of 
about $50,000 and the main audi- 
ence room is the largest in the 
city having a seating capacity of 
2,800. Rev. E A. Skogsbergh has 
been the pastor since 1884. 

Synagogues, Jewish. — (See He- 
brew Churches.) 

Syndicate Arcade. — (See Syndi- 
cate Block.) 

Syndicate Block. — A handsome 
five-story stone building on the 
south side of Nicollet Av. extend- 
ing from 5th to 6th St. That part 
nearest 5th St. is occupied princi- 
pally by large stores. The central 



section is devoted, above the first 
floor to offices and is known as the 
Syndicate Arcade. On the 6th St. 
corner is another office section 
which is the Syndicate Blk., prop- 
er. The two office entrances 
should not be confused. The 
building was erected in 1882, and 
cost about $640,000, and with site 
$900,000. 

Taxes and Assessments. — (See 
Finances and Public Improve- 
ments.) 

Tax Levy. — (See Finances and 
Government.) 

Teachers. — (See Public 
Schools.) 

Technical Education. — (See In- 
dustrial Education and Univer- 
sity of Minnesota.) 

Telegraph Offices. — The North 
American, Western Union, Nation- 
al District, and American District 
telegraph companies do business 
in the city. The last two are lo- 
cal; the others reach all points 
and take cable messages. Their 
offices are as follows : 

North American. — Main office, — 
Phoenix Bldg., 60 S. 4th St. 

Branches: — 

Chamber of Commerce. 

Metropolitan Life Bldg., former- 
ly the Guaranty Bldg. 

Flour Exchange. 

Security Bank Bldg. 

600 2nd Av. N. 

Western Union. — Main office, 
260 Hennepin Av., Cor. 3rd St. 

Branches: — 

Chamber of Commerce, exchange 
floor. 

Old Chamber of Commerce, 
ground floor, cor. 3rd St and 4th 
Av. S. 

Andrus Bldg. 

N. Y. Life Bldg. 

Bank Commerce Bldg. 

Lumber Exchange. 

Security Bank Bldg. 

Security Warehouse. 

Central Market. 

Nicollet House. 



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Metropolitan Life Bldg., (for- 
merly Guaranty Bldg.). 

Union Depot. 

C. M. & St. P. Depot. 

C. M. & St. P. Depot, S. Minne- 
apolis. 

Mpls. and St. L. Pass. Depot, 
Washington and 4th Aves. N. 

Glass Block, Nicollet and 6th 
st. 

8 4th St. S. E. 

In connection with the Western 
Union is operated the National 
District Telegraph Co., with of- 
fices at all Western Union offices. 

American District. — Cor. 4th St. 
and Nicollet. 
(See Messenger Service.) 

Telephone Service. — Minneapolis 
is served by two telephone compa- 
nies. The older company is the 
Northwestern Telephone Exchange 
Company which has been in the 
field for a score of years. Its cen- 
tral exchange is in its building at 
the corner of Third Av. S. and 5th 
St., where it also maintains gen- 
eral offices. C. E. Yost is presi- 
dent; C. P. Wainman, vice presi- 
dent; C. M. Mauseau, general man- 
ager; J. W. Christie, treasurer. 

The Tri-State Telephone Com- 
pany, which, as the Mississippi 
Valley Telephone Company enter- 
ed Minneapolis and St. Paul a few 
years ago, was reorganized early 
in 1901 and is actively extending 
its lines and perfecting its serv- 
ice. E. H. Moulton is president. 
The company is controlled by Min- 
neapolis capitalists. Its offices are 
at 3rd Av. S. and 7th St. 

Through the business center of 
the city the telephone wires are 
carried in conduits. Rates charg- 
ed by the Northwestern are ap- 
proximately the same as those in 
other cities, of similar size, in this 
country and vary according to the 
character of the service. For an 
unmeasured exclusive service in a 
business office the Northwestern 
rate is $7.50. The Tri-State Com- 
pany for this service charges $4 
per month, and states that "there 
is no company on the American 



continent with as many subscrib- 
ers and as excellent service that 
is furnishing telephones at so low 
a monthly price." Numerous pay 
stations are maintained in hotels, 
office buildings and other public 
places where telephone service 
may be had for 5c for local mes- 
sages and from 10c up for out-of- 
town messages. The long-distance 
service reaches every part of the 
northwest and the principal east- 
ern cities. 

Temperature. — (See Climate.) 

Temple Court. — An eight-story 
brick and terracotta office build- 
ing at the corner of Washington 
and Hennepin Avs. 

Tenement Houses. — The tene- 
ment house as it is found in most 
large cities, is almost unknown in 
Minneapolis. As a rule even the 
very poor live in small detached 
houses and thus secure a fair al- 
lowance of light and air even if 
overcrowded. Along lower Wash- 
ington Av. perhaps the nearest ap- 
proach to the typical tenement 
house is found. As all blocks of 
rented houses in Minneapolis are 
called "tenements," the stranger 
must accustom himself to the ap- 
plication of the word to some 
quite palatial residences. 

Theatres. — Minneapolis theatres 
are few in number, but usually 
have a large patronage. The sea- 
son begins late in August and con- 
tinues till May or June, after 
which special light attractions 
often occupy the stage for the re- 
mainder of the summer. A great 
variety of attractions is provided 
during the season; the ordinary 
"stand" being three nights or one 
week. The theatres are as fol- 
lows : 

Auditorium. — 11th St. bet. Nicol- 
let and 1st Av. S. Concerts, grand 
opera and special theatrical 
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Bijou Opera House. — Washing- 
ton Av., between Hennepin and 1st 
Aves. N. Popular prices. 

Lyric Theatre. — Hennepin Av., 
between 7th and 8th Sts. Stock 
company. 

Metropolitan Opera House. — 1st 
Av. S. between 3rd and 4th Sts. 
The leading theatre. 

Miles Theatre. — 7th St. near 
Nicollet. Vaudeville. 

Orpheum Theatre. — 7th St. bet. 
Hennepin and Nicollet. Vaudeville. 

Princess Theatre. — 12-14 4th 
St. N. E. 

Unique. — Hennepin Av. bet. 5th 
and 6th Sts. Vaudeville. 

(See each under separate head- 
ing.) 

Thing-s to See. — (See Seeing the 
City, Drives and Excursions.) 

Thursday Musical. — This orga- 
nization is composed of ladies in- 
terested, in the study of music 
and the promotion of musical af- 
fairs, and is made up of four 
classes of membership — active, 
student, associate, and honorary. 
The active members to be eligible 
must be proficient in some branch 
of musical art. The musicale 
meets fortnightly and 14 regular 
programs are given by the active 
members according to a definite 
plan. During each season it gives 
several concerts by artists outside 
the club. The membership is ap- 
proximately eight hundred. The 
active membership is sub-divided 
into four classes, the pianists, the 
vocalists, the organists and the 
stringed instruments for the pur- 
pose of facilitating the study in 
which each class is particularly 
interested. A studio and office 
are maintained in the building of 
the Metropolitan Music Co., 41-43 
S. 6th St., open for all mem- 
bers. Mrs. Harry W. Jones is 
president, and Mrs. P. D. Sherwin 
corresponding secretary. 

Ticket Offices. — In addition to 
the depot offices the railroads cen- 



tering in Minneapolis maintain 
city ticket offices as follows : 

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. 
— Cor. Nicollet Av. and 3rd St. 

Chicago Great Western. — 428 
Nicollet Av. 

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul. 
— Cor. 4th St. and Nicollet Av. 

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific 
R'y.— 400 Nicollet Av. 

Erie R'y. — 510 Nicollet Av. 

Great Northern. — Corner Nicol- 
let Av. and 3rd St. 

Minneapolis & St. Louis. — 402 
Nic. Avenue. 

Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault 
Ste. Marie. — 119 S. 3rd St. and 
317-19 2d Av. S. 

New York Central Lines. — 257 
Nicollet Av. 

Northern Pacific — Cor. Nicol- 
let and Washington Aves. 

Northwestern Line. — 600 Nic- 
ollet Av. 

Tonka Bay. — A beautiful place 
on the south shore of Lake Minne- 
tonka at the terminus of the Lake 
Minnetonka electric line. It is 
about a mile northwest of Excel- 
sior across the intervening bay. 

Topography. — There are no par- 
ticularly marked elevations within 
the city of Minneapolis and no de- 
pressions of importance with the 
exception of the gorge of the Mis- 
sissippi below the falls. In a gen- 
eral way it may be said that the 
main part of the city lies in an ir- 
regular basin, formed by low 
ranges of hills extending in semi- 
circular form on the southwest 
and northeast. 

The Mississippi river flows 
through the city a distance of 8^ 
miles, and along the easterly 
border an additional distance of 
Sy 2 miles, making a total course 
of 12 miles, within which distance 
it has a fall of 105 feet. Trib- 
utary to the river are Shingle 
Creek in the extreme northern, 
Bassett's Creek in the central and 
Minnehaha Creek in the extreme 



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flowing through the city from the 
west. 

The soil is for the most part 
sandy, varied here and there with 
coarse gravel and clay. A large 
part of the central and northern 
parts of the city were originally 
covered with trees, and many are 
still standing in the door yards of 
pleasant homes. In the south- 
western part of the city are four 
large lakes, referred to in the ar- 
ticle on Park System. All drain- 
age is carried by sewers to the 
Mississippi river below the falls. 

Torrens I«and Title Law. — A 
system of land title registration 
after the Torrens method is in ef- 
fect in Minneapolis and Hennepin 
county. By making application to 
the district court an owner of real 
estate may secure a decree of reg- 
istration upon which is issued a 
certificate which is conclusive evi- 
dence of title. After the initial 
registration all subsequent trans- 
fers of the property may be made 
without further legal examination. 
The average cost of an initial reg- 
istration is between $15 and $20. 
After that transfers may be made 
at a cost of $3. 

Toys. — All the department 
stores have toy departments. 
"Deutsche Spielwaaren" may be 
found at Holtzermann's, 417-25 
Cedar Av., where a special dis- 
play of imported German toys and 
novelties is made before each 
Christmas season. 

Trades and Labor Assembly. — 

An organization composed of dele- 
gates from various organized 
bodies of workingmen, trades un- 
ions, etc. It considers matters of 
interest to the laboring classes. 
Meetings are held 1st and 3rd 
Wednesdays of each month at 36 
S. 6th St. (See Labor Organiza- 
tions.) 



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Trust Companies. — (See Loan 
and Trust Companies.) 

Twin Cities, The. — Minneapolis 
and St. Paul; a popular name orig- 
inating in St. Paul. 

Underground Wires. — (See Elec- 
tric Conduits.) 

Union City Mission. — Organized 
by the churches in 1895 and incor- 
porated as an interdenominational 
institution. Its affairs are man- 
aged by a board of 15 business 
men. In 1902 it occupied its pres- 
ent quarters — the St. James hotel 
property at Washington Av. and 
2nd Av. S. — where it maintains a 
commercial hotel, lodging house 
and a mission hall where reli- 
gious services are held nightly, 
an employment bureau, read- 
ing room, free baths, laun- 
dry tubs and dryer, a wom- 
an's work exchange and second 
hand clothing store. Its aim is to 
furnish aid in a practical way, 
helping only those who need tem- 
porary relief in food, lodgings or 
clothing, avoiding any tendency 
to pauperize, but with friendly 
kindness to open the way for its 
religious work. T. E. Hughes is 
president and C M. Stocking, su- 
perintendent. 

Union Park. — A suburban local- 
ity between the cities of Minneap- 
olis and St. Paul and reached via 
the Minneapolis & St. Paul line. 

Union Passenger Station. — The 

larger part of the passenger traf- 
fic of the city is handled at the 
Union Passenger station, at the 
foot of Hennepin and Nicollet Avs. 
and between High St. and the ri- 
ver. It is a substantial brick 
building with commodious wait- 
ing rooms, baggage and express 
rooms and the other common ad- 
juncts of a large depot. All street 
car lines pass or transfer to the 
depot and it is within a few 
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Trains of the following railroads 
arrive and depart from this sta- 
tion : 

Great Northern; Chicago, St. 
Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha 
(Northwestern Line); Wisconsin 
Central; Burlington; Northern Pa- 
cific. 

Unique Theater. — Hennepin Av. 
between 5th and 6th Sts. Vaude- 
ville at popular prices. 

Unitarian Churches. — The Uni- 
tarian churches are : 

First. — 8th and Mary Place. 

Nazareth Free Christian (Nor- 
wegian) — 1525 E. Franklin A v. 

(See First Unitarian Church. * 

United States Courts. — Tne 

rooms of the U. S. District and 
Circuit courts are in the Post of- 
fice or Federal building, corner 
3rd St. and 1st Av. S. George F. 
Hitchcock, Jr., deputy clerk. 

Unity House. — A social settle- 
ment at 1616 N. Washington Av. 
Unity House co-operates with the 
people of North Minneapolis in 
the endeavor to reach the children 
helpfully, and therefore supports 
the following activities : Mothers' 
club, kindergarten, day nursery, 
sewing school, gymnasium, libra- 
ry, employment bureau and vari- 
ous clubs and classes. It reaches 
through all the agencies over 600 
children. The community and the 
managers believe this is practical 
educational work in the largest 
and deepest sense of character 
building. The object is to arouse 
interest in neighborhood and civic 
progress. The amount expended 
in maintaining this work is be- 
tween $7,000 and $8,000. The 
work is done by eight resident 
helpers, Caroline M. Crosby, head 
resident, one probation officer and 
many volunteer helpers. 

Universalist Churches. — A Uni- 
versalist society was formed in 
the village of St. Anthony in 1853 



and the Church of the Redeemer 
was formally organized in 1859. 
These were the beginnings of Uni- 
versalism in Minneapolis. The de- 
nomination now has three 
churches and about 1,500 mem- 
bers. The churches are as fol- 
lows : 

All Souls. — 8th Av. S. E. be- 
tween 6th and 7th Sts. 

Church of the Redeemer. — Cor. 
2nd Av. S. and 8th St. 

Tuttle Memorial. — Cor. W. 27th 
St. and Blaisdell Av. 

University Avenue. — Takes the 
place of 3rd St. N. E. and S. E. 
The southeastern end passes the 
state University grounds and is a 
direct drive to St. Paul. 

University of Minnesota. — After 
two unsuccessful attempts, the uni- 
versity had its real beginning in 
1868 when a reorganizing act was 
passed which was virtually the 
charter of the institution. College 
work with a faculty of nine was 
begun in the fall of 1869. From 
this has developed the university 
of today with its many depart- 
ments and colleges and above 4,- 
800 students. In 1884 Cyrus Nor- 
throp, LL D., was called to the 
presidency, and under his adminis- 
tration the institution has made 
remarkable progress. The univer- 
sity is an integral part of the 
state school system. It is sup- 
ported by the state and offers to 
the poorest child entering the 
humblest school in the state the 
possibility of a finished collegiate 
education. The diplomas of all 
high schools under the supervi- 
sion of the State High School 
Board, admit to the university, 
except that for students entering 
mining or engineering courses 
entrance examinations in mathe- 
matics are required. The follow- 
ing departments are maintained : 

The College op Science, Litera- 
ture and the Arts. 



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The College of Engineering and 
the Mechanic Arts. 

The Department of Agriculture, 
including — 

The College of Agriculture, 
The School of Agriculture, 
Short Course for Farmers, 
The Dairy School, 
The Crookston School of Agri- 
culture. 

The College of Law. 

The College of Medicine and 
Surgery. 

The College of Homeopathic 
Medicine and Surgery. 

The College of Dentistry. 

The College of Pharmacy. 

The School of Mines. 

The School of Analytical and 
Applied Chemistry. 

The College of Education. 

The Graduate School. 

The Regents of the University 
have entrusted to their charge: 
The Experiment Stations, includ- 
ing — 

The Main Station at St. An- 
thony Park. 
The Sub-Station at Crookston. 
The Sub-Station at Grand 
Rapids. 

The Geological and Natural 
History Survey. 

Government. — The management 
of the university is vested in a 
board of twelve regents, of whom 
nine are appointed, and three, the 
governor of the state, the super- 
intendent of public instruction 
and the president of the univer- 
sity, are members ex-officio. 

Grounds and Buildings. — The 
university grounds comprise 
about 70 acres lying between Uni- 
versity Av. and the river and from 
11th to 19th Avs. S. E. They com- 
mand a fine view of the falls and 
the city but are sufficiently re- 
moved from the business center 
to secure desirable quiet and re- 
tirement. A more attractive cam- 
pus could hardly be imagined. 
Much of its surface is covered 
with handsome oak trees, while 
birches grow in profusion along 

See Map opposite page 121.) 



the high bluff overhanging the ri- 
ver. The buildings of the univer- 
sity approximate in value $2,000,- 
000; and with the campus, $250,- 
000; equipment, $300,000; experi- 
mental farm, $300,000; and sub- 
stations, $40,000; the total value 
of the plant is nearly $3,000,000. 
The permanent fund invested is 
$1,400,000. 

Upon entering the university 
grounds, the Y. M. C. A. building, 
law building, mining building and 
ore-crushing plant, are on the 
right, the library, mechanic arts 
building, FolWell Hall, physics 
building, chemical laboratory, 
Pillsbury Hall and armory on the 
left. The "Old Main," the oldest 
building on the campus, was de- 
stroyed by fire in September, 1904. 
Alice Shevlin Hall for the women 
of the university has been erected 
on the old site. The "New Main," 
which is officially named "Folwell 
Hall," has been erected on Uni- 
versity Av. between 15th and 16th 
Avs. at a cost of $400,000. The 
armory provides for the depart- 
ments of military science and 
physical training, and is so con- 
structed as to serve the additional 
purpose of a large assembly hall. 
Pillsbury hall is 245 feet in length, 
and is built of brown stone. It 
contains museums, laboratories 
for geology, minerology, botany, 
and animal biology, recitation and 
lecture rooms, and ample accom- 
modations for the geological sur- 
very. The building was the gift 
of the late John S. Pillsbury. The 
chemical laboratory is of brick 
and stone. A new building for 
the department of Physics was 
erected in 1902. 

The library building is the 
handsomest building upon the 
campus. This building contains 
the assembly hall, the offices of 
the president, registrar and ac- 
countant and librarian; rooms for 
packing, storing and cataloguing 
books; recitation rooms and of» 



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fices for the departments of eco- 
nomics and politics, English 
and history. It contains stack 
rooms for the safe storage of one 
hundred thousand volumes; and 
special libraries of the depart- 
ments resident in the building. 

The reading room is 44x100 feet 
and 32 feet high, and is finely 
lighted by a row of windows upon 
three sides and 20 feet from the 
floor. It is unquestionably the 
finest reading room in the north- 
west. 

College op Science, Literature 
and the Arts. — This is of course 
the main department of the uni- 
versity. The completion of the 
course leads to the degree of 
Bachelor of Arts. All students 
registering in this college are re- 
quired to pay an incidental fee of 
$20 per year. Non-residents are 
charged double this amount. The 
college year opens on the Tuesday 
before the second Thursday In 
September. 

The course of study for this col- 
lege has been recently completely 
revised and the work of the four 
years is now almost wholly elect- 
ive, allowing for greater speciali- 
zation. 

College of Engineering and the 
Mechanic Arts. — This college of- 
fers four regular courses of study 
of five years each in civil en- 
gineering, municipal engineering, 
mechanical engineering and elec- 
trical engineering, leading to the 
degrees of civil, mechanical, or 
electrical engineer the degree of 
Bachelor of Science being con- 
ferred at the end 'of the fourth 
year. The aim of the instruction 
given in the regular under-gradu- 
ate courses of this college is to 
lay a broad and solid foundation 
in mathematics, mechanics, elec- 
tricity and drawing, so that, with 
the practice in field, shop, office, 
and laboratory work given to the 
students in the respective courses, 
they shall be fitted for immediate 



usefulness upon graduation, and 
after a moderate amount of sub- 
sequent practice and experience 
be capable of taking charge of im- 
portant works. 

The mechanic arts building is 
occupied by the departments of 
civil and structural engineering, 
mathematics, drawing and a part 
of the laboratories in mechanical 
engineering. The department of 
electrical engineering is housed 
in a building of its own in the 
rear of Pillsbury Hall, and is well 
supplied with the usual apparatus 
to be found in such a department. 
The shops connected with this de- 
partment are located in the rear 
of Pillsbury Hall and are fitted 
up with a complete assortment of 
tools, machinery and various ap- 
paratus. 

School of Mines. — The course 
of study embraces some subjects 
in the scientific course and in the 
college of mechanic arts. For the 
remaining subjects provision is 
made in a new building recently 
erected for the special use of this 
college and in the ore testing 
plant. In this building are fur- 
nished the usual appliances for 
the study of assaying and metal- 
lurgy, the practical treatment of 
ores and the separation of metals, 
including crushing machinery, 
amalgamating apparatus and fur- 
naces. Students who complete the 
full course receive the degree of 
engineer of mines or metallurgical 
engineer. 

The ore testing works are lo- 
cated on the bank of the Missis- 
sippi. This building, 94x60 feet, 
is built of brick and stone. 

School of Analytical anp Ap- 
plied Chemistry. — Offers three 
courses. Two of these, the Ana- 
lytical and the five year course in 
Arts and Chemistry, are designed 
for those who wish to become 
teachers of chemistry, analysts 
and investigators. The four year 
Analytical course leads to the de- 



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gree of Bachelor of Science in 
Chemistry, while the five year 
course leads to the degree of 
Bachelor of Arts after four years 
and Bachelor of Science in Chem- 
istry at the end of the fifth. 

College of Agriculture. — The 
object of this college is to teach 
practical and scientific agricul- 
ture, combined with such other 
branches of learning as are neces- 
sary for mental discipline and 
training, and such as constitute a 
liberal education. One half of the 
instruction is given at the univer- 
sity, the remainder being given at 
the university farm and experi- 
ment station at St. Anthony Park. 
This farm consists of 420 acres 
of valuable land located between 
St. Paul and Minneapolis, adjoin- 
ing the state fair grounds, and 
within 30 minutes' ride of either 
city. It contains every variety of 
soil and exposure required for il- 
lustrative and experimental work, 
and is furnished with a full equip- 
ment of buildings, stock, imple- 
ments and machinery. Students 
who complete the four-year course 
receive the degree of Bachelor of 
Science in Agriculture. Two new 
courses have recently been organ- 
ized in this department, viz.; one 
in forestry and another in domes- 
tic science. 

School of Agriculture. — This 
division of the department of 
agriculture is perhaps the most 
practical and successful. The ob- 
ject of the school is to take boys 
and girls who aspire to become 
successful and intelligent farm- 
ers, who have already had some 
experience in farm work, together 
with a good common school edu- 
cation, and give them a sound 
practical training that will broad- 
en and strengthen them as citizens 
of the state, while it educates 
them in the branches of natural 
science which will cultivate their 
taste for agriculture and develop 
skill in its practice. 



As it is intended for those 
whose life and labor are on the 
farm, the terms have been made 
to include the time when they are 
most at leisure, from the first 
of October to the last of March. 
The course proper extends through 
three years. The only expense to 
students is the actual cost of 
maintaining the table at the farm 
home. 

A dairy school, offers practical 
instruction in dairying to those 
who have had some experience in 
conducting a dairy. 

There are fifteen buildings at 
the university farm, which cost 
approximately $600,000. The old- 
est school building is known as 
the "Home" building. It was 
erected in 1888, and is now used 
for recitation and dormitory pur- 
poses. Pendergast Hall was the 
second building on the grounds. 
It is used as a dormitory. In the 
drill hall is an armory, gymnasi- 
um and various offices. A sepa- 
rate building is devoted to the pur- 
poses of dairy instruction. The 
other buildings are the dining hall, 
which also contains dormitories, 
the woman's building, the chem- 
ical laboratory, horticultural 
building and administration build- 
ing. These buildings are all heat- 
ed by steam and lighted by elec- 
tricity from a central plant sup- 
plied with a modern equipment. 
Besides these buildings are sev- 
eral others which pertain more es- 
pecially to the experiment station 
£arm — the farm house, cattle barn, 
machinery storehouse, sheep barn, 
veterinary building and hospital. 

The new Administration Build- 
ing, erected at a cost of $250,000, 
houses the library, the agricultu- 
ral, entomological, sewing and 
farm accounts departments, the 
offices of the dean, the secretary, 
the principal and the registrar. 

Department of Law. — The de- 
partment of law was established 
in 1888 under a provision of the 
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the law building was erected. A 
$30,000 wing has recently been 
added. The reading room in the 
new wing is one of the finest in 
the country. The building is con- 
structed of red brick and brown 
sandstone. Students desiring ad- 
mission as candidates for the 
LL.B. degree are required to com- 
plete one year of collegiate work 
in science, literature and the arts 
in addition to the regular four 
year high school course. Diplo- 
mas of the law department admit 
to practice in Minnesota. 

Department of Medicine. — This 
department is resident in five 
buildings, Millard Hall, the labo- 
ratory of medial sciences, the lab- 
oratory of chemistry, and the lab- 
oratory of anatomy, and the Insti- 
tute of Public Health and Path- 
ology. 

The department is composed of 
the college of medicine and sur- % 
gery ("old school") the college of* 
Homeopathic medicine and sur- 
gery, the college of dentistry, and 
the college of pharmacy. The 
curriculum covers a period of four 
years in medicine and surgery, 
three years in dentistry and two 
and three years in pharmacy, each 
year of which represents a course 
of lectures of eight and one-half 
months. Students of all three col- 
leges attend in common lectures 
upon anatomy, physiology, chem- 
istry and histology, and must pass 
satisfactory examinations in all 
of these studies. The clinicaj 
instruction is given at the univer- 
sity dispensary and at the hospi- 
tals in both Minneapolis and St. 
Paul. The college year begins 
about the second week in Septem- 
ber just previous to which time 
entrance examinations are held. 
Fee for each year in medicine, 
$100; dentistry, $150; pharmacy, 
$75 to $90. The usual degrees 
are given by the colleges. 

In Millard Hall are the offices 
of the deans of the colleges of 



Dentistry and Homeopathic Medi- 
cine and Surgery, the amphithe- 
atre, lecture rooms, and the li- 
brary and reading room. The lab- 
oratory of medical sciences is 
more especially designed for lab- 
oratory uses. The college of phar- 
macy is housed in this building, 
and a number of different labora- 
tories furnish facilities for differ- 
ent lines of medical work. The 
laboratory of chemistry is a one- 
story brick building devoted en- 
tirely to the use of this depart- 
ment. In the laboratory of anat- 
omy, a new two-story and base- 
ment building, are the cold stor- 
age vaults and an amphitheatre 
seating 100 students, and a private 
dissecting room. A new clinical 
building affords ample space for 
amphitheatres, waiting rooms, 
pharmacy and class rooms for 
each of the clinical branches. 

A new building for the depart- 
ment of pathology and bacteriolo- 
gy, was completed in 1906. It is 
one of the larger buildings on the 
campus being 213 feet in length 
by 100 feet in depth. Besides 
very complete facilities for labora- 
tory work for university courses 
it contains offices and laboratories 
for the state board of health. A 
very complete museum and tech- 
nical library occupy the central 
portion of the building. 

College of Education. — Offers 
a practical and a theoretical 
training for prospective high 
school teachers and principals, 
for principals of elementary 
schools, for supervisors of spe- 
cial studies, and for superinten- 
dents of school systems. 

Graduate School. — In each of 
the colleges, except that of medi- 
cine, there are advanced courses 
of study leading to second de- 
grees. These courses are open to 
graduates of any reputable college 
upon presentation of diploma. 

Summer School for Teachers.— 
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is offered, in various university 
subjects, for those whose school 
duties prevent them from taking 
the regular university courses. 

Alumni Association. — Meets on 
the day preceding commencement, 
at 12 m. on the campus knoll for 
the annual picnic. The annual 
business meeting and banquet is 
held in the winter. 

Librakies. — :The general library 
of the university contains about 
130,000 bound volumes and about 
730 periodicals are received regu- 
larly. The library is open to stu- 
dents and the public from 8 a. m. 
to 10:00 p. m. every day of the 
university year, except Sundays 
and legal holidays. Besides the 
general library, there are a num- 
ber of college libraries including 
those of law, medicine, engineer- 
ing, agriculture and mines. In 
addition to these each department 
in the college of science, litera- 
ture, and the arts has its own li- 
brary. 

Societies and Publications. — 
There are a large number of liter- 
ary and social societies among 
the students and faculty of the 
university, for a list of which the 
university catalogue should be 
consulted. Athletics are given 
much attention and are under the 
supervision of a board of control 
made up of students and members 
of the faculty. The university has 
devoted a part of the campus to 
athletics. This is known as 
"Northrop Field." It contains 
about 6 acres, suitably enclosed 
and fitted for athletic contests. 

During the college year the stu- 
dents of the university publish 
the "Minnesota Daily." The busi- 
ness manager and board of direct- 
ors are chosen by the student 
body. 

The junior class issues each 
year before the commencement an 
annual known as "The Gopher." 
The "Minnesota Magazine" is a 
monthly publication devoted to 



the cultivation of literary taste 
and effort among the students. 

The alumni publish a weekly 
paper called the "Minnesota 
Alumni Weekly," which is devoted 
to the interests of the alumni. 

Scholarships and Prizes. — It is 
the policy of the university to es- 
tablish scholarships in the differ- 
ent departments where extra help 
is needed for instruction. A long 
list of prizes is offered, such as 
the Pillsbury prizes in the horti- 
cultural department, the 1889 me- 
morial prize for the best thesis in 
history, and a number of similar 
prizes offered by prominent people 
interested in the institution. (See 
Education, Public Schools, High 
Schools, etc.) Como-Harriet and 
Oak & Harriet electric lines. 

Valuation. — (See Assessed Val- 
uation.) 

Vendome, Hotel. — One of the 

prominent hotels of the city. It is 
a handsome five-story building, 
with seven-story fire-proof addi- 
tion, at 19 S. 4th St. — a location 
adjacent to the retail and jobbing 
districts as well as to the theaters 
and all street railway lines. It 
has 180 rooms and is conducted 
on the European plan. 

Vital Statistics. — The average 
death rate in Minneapolis is about 
8.92 per 1,000, a figure not shown 
by any other large city in the 
country. Births are recorded by 
the commissioner of health and 
number over 5,000 annually — in- 
creasing with the growth of the 
city. (See Health.) 

Vote. — (See Politics.) 

Voters' league. — An organiza- 
tion having as its purpose the 
support for nomination and elec- 
tion of suitable members of the 
city council. Office, 718 New York 
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man of the executive committee 
and S. P. Jones, secretary. 

Voting 1 Precincts. — (See Politi- 
cal Divisions.) 

Ward Boundaries. — (See Politi- 
cal Divisions.) 

Washburn "A" Mill. — The larg- 
est flour mill in floor area, is the 
Washburn "A," which stands on 
the west side between the "canal" 
and 2nd St. near 6th Av. S. Its 
construction was commenced im- 
mediately after the destruction of 
its predecessor by the great explo- 
sion of 1878 and it was finished 
in 1880. The mill covers a ground 
space of 100 by 240 feet, is eight 
stories high and from the plat- 
form over the canal to the top of 
the cupola is 158 feet. In the 
walls, which are five feet thick at 
the base and 20 inches at the top, 
are 371,250 cubic feet of mason- 
ry and over 2,750,000 feet of lum- 
ber went into the construction. A 
daily capacity of 10,337 barrels of 
flour is credited to the Washburn 
"A." The mill is worth inspec- 
tion and intending visitors may 
secure permits at the office of the 
Washburn-Crosby Co. in the 
Chamber of Commerce building. 
Minneapolis & St. Paul electric 
line. 

Washburn Home. — A bequest of 
the late C. C. Washburn, governor 
of Wisconsin, devoted $375,000 to 
the founding of an orphans' home 
in Minneapolis. The disposition 
of these funds was left to a board 
of directors of whom Senator W. 
D. Washburn, the testator's broth- 
er, has always been the head. 
Senator Washburn gave 25 acres 
of land at Nicollet Av. near 50th 
St. and a handsome building was 
erected at a cost of $75,000. The 
remainder of the bequest consti- 
tutes the endowment fund and is 
so invested as to bring an ample 
income. The building is three 



stories in height with mansard 
and basement. It is built of 
pressed brick with Lake Superior 
sandstone trimmings, interior fin- 
ish of oak and is admirably equip- 
ped in every department. ~7TEe 
site is high, and the building is 
not only a commanding feature of 
the landscape in the southern part 
of the city, but from its tower 
may be had the most extensive 
view of the county. The asylum 
has a capacity for 100 children. 
It is designed for orphans or half 
orphans resident in Minnesota and 
of any class or nationality. Chil- 
dren may remain until fifteen 
years of age when necessary. 
The preservation, or rehabilita- 
tion of natural home life, and 
aids to early self support, distin- 
guish the character of the work 
from that of the State Public 
School, and other agencies which 
make the placing of children in 
foster homes their specialty. 
Washburn Park & Camden elec- 
tric line. 

Washburn Park. — A suburban 
locality lying on Nicollet Av. at 
its intersection with Minnehaha 
creek. It is reached in about a 
half hours ride by the Washburn 
Park cars on 1st Av. S. and Nicol- 
let. Contains the highest land in 
Hennepin county. 

Washington Avenue. — The most 
conspicuous north and south thor- 
oughfare in the city. Its course 
is parallel with the river in the 
west division between 2nd and 3rd 
Sts. from the north city limits to 
the river at 21st Av. S. The ave- 
nue is 100 feet wide through the 
larger part of its course. At its 
intersection with Nicollet and 
Hennepin Aves. is found the busi- 
ness center. Nearly all street car 
lines in the city touch Washing- 
ton Avenue at some point. 

Water Power. — St. Anthony 
Falls and their 40,000 utilized 



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horse power were the potent in- 
fluence which led to the building 
of Minneapolis. The available 
perpendicular fall of the water is 
about 68 feet. In 1822 the first at- 
tempt at utilizing the power was 
made by the government, when 
a small saw mill was erected. 
From 1850 the development made 
rapid progress. In 1868 the de- 
struction of the ledge forming the 
falls was threatened and in 1875 
a series of dams and retaining 
walls supplemented by a wooden 
"apron" were completed at a 
cost of nearly a million dollars, 
the United States government 
contributing $550,000 and citizens 
of Minneapolis $334,500. This 
work saved the falls, though 
there is still some anxiety lest 
further damage should be done 
by the action of the water on the 
upper end of the ledge. 

The power of the main falls is 
utilized by means of canals on 
the east and west sides which 
convey the water to the various 
mills. 

The lower dam, owned by the 
St. Anthony Falls Water Power 
Co., was built 1895-97. The head 
developed is 20 feet and the stone 
dam is approximately 1090 feet 
long. A power house 200 feet 
long contains 10 1,000 horse power 
units, furnishing power to 10 700 
kilo-watt generators which oper- 
ate the street railways of Minne- 
apolis and St. Paul. The cost of 
these improvements was $1,000,- 
000. The alternatnig electric cur- 
rent transmitted to St. Paul is 
generated at 3,450 volts, raised to 
12,000 volts by means of step-up 
transformers, transmitted to St. 
Paul, then lowered to 3,450 volts 
pressure by means of step-down 
transformers and is converted into 
direct current at 550 volts pres- 
sure, by means of rotary convert- 
ers, thence passes to the feeder 
lines on the streets, finally being 
utilized to propel the street cars. 



The plant was designed and built 
by Wm. de la Barre, engineer of 
the company. A further develop- 
ment of the water power under- 
taken in 1906 produces 12,000 ad- 
ditional horse power. This plant 
is located on Hennepin Island 
and the power has been leased for 
a term of years to the Twin City 
Rapid Transit Company. The 
head developed is 48 feet. (See 
Flour and Flour Milling and St. 
Anthony Falls. ) 

Water Rates. — Water rents are 
payable half yearly on the 1st of 
May and November, at the office 
of the city treasurer, in the city 
hall. On the first of May and 
November notices are mailed to 
consumers. If rents are not paid 
by the 20th of these months the 
water will be shut off. Meter 
rates are 8c per 1,000 gals., with a 
minimum charge of $4 per year. 
Payable quarterly Feb. 1st, May 
1st, Aug. 1st and Nov. 1st. Own- 
ers are required to keep their 
plumbing in good order and allow 
all reasonable inspection by the 
department. The city ordinance 
provides for penalties as follows : 
In all cases where the water has 
been turned off for non-payment 
of water rent, or for violation of 
these rules, it shall not be turned 
on again until the charge of three 
dollars be paid for expenses and 
default, together with such fine as 
may be imposed by the registrar 
of water works, and rents that 
may be due. 

The householder is protected 
from undue deprivation by the 
provision that water shall not be 
turned off from any service pipe 
between the hours of 9 o'clock a. 
m. on Saturdays and 9 o'clock a. 
m. on Mondays. The water depart- 
ment issues a book of annual 
rates for all users which may be 
had on application at the office. 

Water Works. — Minneapolis has 
about $6,500,000 invested in water 



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works. The supply of water is 
obtained from the Mississippi riv- 
er and forced through mains 
to a reservoir on the hills, north- 
east of the city, from which it is 
distributed by gravity. The main 
pumping station is on the east 
side of the river nearly opposite 
an older station on the west side 
at the mouth of Shingle creek. 
The main station is equipped 
with two Holly pumping engines 
with a capacity of 30,000,000 gal- 
lons and has cost about $500,000. 
That on the west shore has two 
Worthington high duty compound 
condensing engines with a total 
capacity of 25,000,000 gallons. 
Only one of these stations is or- 
dinarily in use at any given time. 
The average daily consumption *of 
water last year was 17,881,917 
gallons, or about 56.8 gallons per 
day per capita. Two old pumping 
plants at the falls, known as the 
East and West side stations, are 
now out of service and held in re- 
serve. 

The city has about 365 miles of 
water mains and collects about 
$300,000 annually in water taxes 
from some 27,000 consumers. (See 
Reservoir. ) 

Wayzata. — A village on the 
north shore of Lake Minnetonka, 
reached by the Great Northern 
R'y. (See Minnetonka.) 

Weather Bureau. — The section 
director, U. G. Purssell, has offices 
in the post office building. Daily 
observations of the weather, and 
meteorological conditions are 
made and recorded, and a weather 
map and forecast are issued each 
morning, except Sunday. Clima- 
tological bulletins are issued 
monthly and annually; and crop 
bulletins daily during the growing 
season 

Wesley M. E. Church. — Cor. 1st 
Av. S. and Grant St. Completed 
in May, 1892. Its exterior is 



Romanesque with a tower at the 
Grant St. and 1st Av. corner and 
an elaborate porte cochere on the 
Grant St. side. The material used 
is Lake Superior brown stone. The 
structure occupies a lot which is 
100 feet on 1st Av. S. by 145 feet 
on Grant St. There is a total 
seating capacity of about 1,300. 
Every convenience is provided and 
the finishing and furnishing is of 
the best. The cost of building 
and site was $150,000. 

Wells Memorial House. — 116 N. 

Eleventh St. Devoted to social 
settlement work and under the 
general direction of a board of 
managers appointed largely from 
the membership of St. Mark's 
Episcopal church which contrib- 
uted the funds for the building. 
It was completed and opened in 
1908. The building is of colonial 
style. It has a frontage of 92 
feet and a depth of 48 feet. The 
auditorium is on the first floor at 
the left of the entrance and the 
gymnasium is on the second floor. 
In the high basement at the right 
of the door is a dispensary. On 
the first floor is a free reading 
room in the front, and the kin- 
dergarten in the rear. On the 
second floor in front is a day 
nursery, and in the rear the cook- 
ing school, women's club, hand- 
ball court, locker room and show- 
er bath, connecting with the gym- 
nasium. On the top floor are the 
night school and apartments for 
the superintendent, the day nur- 
sery nurse and the parish visitor. 

West Hotel. — Among the finest 
hotels in the country the West 
hotel of Minneapolis stands con- 
spicuous. In point of interior 
finish and beauty it is excelled by 
few. The building is eight sto- 
ries high and cost $1,500,000. It 
is built of Joliet marble, and red 
pressed brick withi terra cotta 
trimmings, in combination of the 
Queen Anne and Colonial styles, 



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with 196x174 feet ground plan, 
and has a total height of 200 feet. 
The lobby which is capable of 
holding 1,000 people, discloses the 
grand staircase and galleries, and 
a wealth of ornamentation in ma- 
hogany, marble, bronze, brass and 
stained glass, which is a distinc- 
tive feature of the structure. In 
the rear is an enormous billiard 
room with a palatial bar in con- 
nection. The West is fire proof. 
There are 407 sleeping rooms. In 
the grand dining saloon 750 peo- 
ple can be accommodated and half 
as many more in the ordinaries. 
Visitors are allowed to inspect the 
hotel and its beautiful appoint- 
ments. Application should be 
made at the office. Cor 5th St. and 
Hennepin Av. 

Westminster Presbyterian 
Church. — The Westminster Pres- 
byterian church of Minneapolis 
was organized Aug. 23, 1857. Its 
building at Nicollet Av. and 12th 
St. is one of the largest in Minne- 
apolis and with a nominal seat- 
ing capacity of 1,500 is so ar- 
ranged that 2,500 people can be 
seated within sound of the voice 
of a speaker upon the platform in 
the main auditorium. 

The building has a frontage on 
Nicollet Av. of 128 feet and on 
12th St. of 160 feet. The towers 
rise to the height of 105 feet. The 
main auditorium is 95x100 feet in 
its largest dimensions. 

The material used in construc- 
tion is native blue limestone with 
Ohio sandstone trimmings. Sim- 
plicity and symmetry have been 
aimed at in the handling of these 
materials; and the same ideas are 
carried out in the interior finish- 
ing. The main entrances are on 
Nicollet Av. 

A mixture of Gothic and Ro- 
man characterizes the treatment 
of the interior. The seating is in 
amphitheater form and an unus- 
ually large gallery extends down 
to, and connects with the choir 



gallery. In the rear of the audi- 
torium are arranged the Sunday 
school rooms, parlors and library, 
and in the basement are a dining., 
room, kitchen, bicycle room, drill 
hall and a host of the modern 
requisites of a large city church. 

The organ is one of the finest in 
the West. The church is well or- 
ganized. It maintains numerous 
missions and Sunday schools 
which often become the founda- 
tions of new churches 02 the de- 
nomination. 

Rev. John E. Bushnell D. D. is 
pastor. 

West Side. — The popular name 
for the "west division" or all that 
part of the city west and south of 
the Mississippi river. It is much 
the larger part in area and popu- 
lation and contains the business 
center. 

West Side Flats. — A narrow 
strip of low-lands at the t*ase of 
the cliffs along the Mississippi 
below the falls. Sometimes called 
the Bohemian flats on account of 
the prevailing foreign element. 
The population is crowded into 
small shanties. 

What to See. — (See Seeing the 
City, Drives and Excursions.) 

Wheat Market. — (See Grain 
Trade. ) 

White Bear I»ake, — A fine sheet 
of water about three miles long 
lying eight or nine miles north- 
east of St. Paul and fifteen miles 
from Minneapolis. It is supplied 
with boats, picnic grounds, hotels 
and cottages and is a favorite re- 
sort with St. Paul people, to whom 
it occupies much the same posi- 
tion as Lake Minnetonka to Min- 
neapolis residents. Take Minne- 
apolis & St. Paul electric cars to 
St. Paul, changing to White Bear 
& Stillwater line at 7th and Wa- 
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Woman's Boarding 1 Home. — At 
52 S. 10th St., maintained by the 
Woman's Christian Association. A 
^thoroughly respectable home for 
women workers. A branch is lo- 
cated on 2d Av. S. bet. 8th and 
9th Sts. The building- was given 
by the late Gov. John S. Pillsbury 
and is called Mahala Fisk Pills- 
bury Home in honor of his wife. 
It affords a home for girls and 
young women who receive very 
moderate salaries. (See Woman's 
Christian Association.) 

Woman's Christian Association. 

— As its name implies, a society 
of charitable and philanthropic la- 
dies. The association maintains 
The Woman's Boarding Home, at 
52 S. 10th St. and the Pillsbury 
Home at 819 2nd Av. S., where 
women who support themselves 
may obtain board and lodging at 
reduced rates. Personal visiting 
of the poor and relief work is a 
department of une work of the as- 
sociation. Among its other prac- 
tical philanthropies the Woman's 
Christian Association maintains 
the Jones-Harrison Home for the 
care of aged women and aged 
ministers and their wives, south- 
west of Cedar Lake. A Travelers' 
Aid Home is maintained at 720 
3d Av. S. for the use of friendless 
women and girls who may be 
strangers in the city or traveling. 
President, Mrs. E. M. La Peno- 
tiere; Cor. Sec, Mrs. C. C. Web- 
ber. 



Woman's Christian Temperance 
Union. — This organization main- 
tains no offices but the officers of 
both the state and district organ- 
izations are resident in the city. 
The officers of the Minnesota State 
W. C. T. U. are: President, Mrs. 
B. Laythe Scovell, 721 12th Av. S. 
E. ; Vice President, Miss Rozette 
Hendrix, 2022 Blaisdell Av.; Cor. 
Secretary. Mrs. Ella F. Hendrix, 
2022 Blaisdell Av.; Rec. Secretary, 
Mrs. Belle M. Welch, 3336 Stevens 



Av. Mrs. Effie A. Burgan, 1225 
S. E. 5th St., is president of Hen- 
nepin District "Union, and Mrs. W. 
G. Calderwood, 986 15th Av. S. E., 
is secretary. The district is com- 
posed of twenty different unions, 
each one having its own officers 
and territory and numbering over 
400 members. 



Women's Organizations. — Min- 
neapolis women have organized 
for almost every conceivable pur- 
pose connected with the social, 
literary, musical, educational and 
philanthropic life of the city. 
There are clubs without number. 
Many of them are strictly private 
organizations of women bent upon 
their mutual improvement or en- 
tertainment; others are public or 
semi-public in character and are 
taking an active and useful part 
in the affairs of the city. It is, 
of course, quite impossible to 
mention all the organizations in 
the city by name, but most of 
those which are known for their 
public activities are referred to 
under their several names in the 
proper alphabetical position in 
this Dictionary. The * women's 
clubs of the city are represented 
in the Minnesota Federation of 
Women's Clubs through the 
"Fifth District Federation," of 
which Mrs. Cyrus Wells, 3120 S. 
James Av., is district vice presi- 
dent. 

The following list includes 
some of the leading women's or- 
ganizations of the city, but does 
not attempt to enumerate local or 
study clubs or church societies. 
In each case the lady mentioned 
in connection with the club is 
either the president or a promi- 
nent *officer : 

Arts and Crafts Society. — Mrs. 
R. W. Tice, president, 2435 Pills- 
bury Av. 

Civic Improvement League. — 
Mrs. A. W. Rankin, 916 S. E. 5th 
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College Women's Club. — Mrs. 
J. G. Cross, president, 422 Ridge- 
wood Av... 

Minnesota Association of Col- 
legiate Alumnae. 

Outing Society. — Mrs. R. S. 
Smith, president, 1103 S. 7th St. 
Office at Court House. 

Thursday Musical. — Mrs. Har- 
ry W. Jones, president. Offices of 
the club at 41-43 S. 6th St. 

Woman's Club of Minneapolis. 
— Mrs. T. G. Winter, president, 418 
Groveland Av. 

Woman's League of the Univer- 
sity. — Marie Brown, president. 

Woman's Medical Club, The. — 
Dr. Ethel E. Hurd, secretary, 710 
Pillsbury Bldg. 

Woman's Christian Association. 
— Mrs. E. M. La Penotiere, presi- 
dent, 1928 Portland Av. 

Young Women's Christian Asso- 
ciation. — M. Belle Jeffery, general 
secretary, 87 S. 7th St. 

Wonderland. — An amusement 
park at Lake St. and 31st Av. S. 
It presents a great variety of at- 
tractions, including scenic rail- 
way, "shoot the chutes," old mill, 
miniature railway, laughing gal- 
lery, fairy theatre, flying horses, 
unique cafe, out of door vaude- 
ville, etc. Lake St. electric cars. 

Workhouse. — Situated on N. 
Lyndale Ave. near the northern 
limits of the city. The numer- 
ous petty criminals convicted 
in the municipal court, are sen- 
tenced to the workhouse, where 
labor is provided during their 
terms of punishment. Buildings 
worth $100,000 stand on property 
worth $75,000. Over 2,000 prison- 
ers are sent to the workhouse an- 
nually. Washburn Park & Cam- 
den car. 

Yachting*. — There is fine sport at 
Lake Minnetonka and many of the 
smaller lakes in the vicinity of 
the city. The Minnetonka Yacht 
Club with club house at St. Louis 
Bay is the principal yachtsmen's 
organization. The Calhoun Yacht 



WON-YOU 

Club sails Lake Calhoun. Boats 
for hire may be obtained at all 
the principal resorts at Minne- 
tonka and at Lakes Calhoun and 
Harriet. (See Ice Yachting.) 

Young* Men's Christian Associa- 
tion of the City of Minneapolis. — ■ 

Was organized in the summer of 
1866. Since that time it has grad- 
ually grown until it now owns, 
free from debt, a splendid prop- 
erty at the corner of 10th and 
Mary Place, valued at $175,000. 
The building is of brown stone 
and pressed brick, five stories in 
height and is in every way adapt- 
ed to the purposes of association 
work. There are entrances on 
both fronts. The first floor of 
the building is given up to read- 
ing rooms, parlors, social and 
game rooms and the association 
office. The physical department, 
including a splendidly equipped 
gymnasium, swimming pool and 
shower baths, boxing, fencing and 
wrestling and locker rooms, occu- 
pies about one-fourth of the build- 
ing. 

On the second floor is the audi- 
torium, seating 600, used for re- 
ligious meetings, concerts, lec- 
tures and entertainments. The 
rest of the building is used for 
rooms for lodging purposes and 
the accommodation of the night 
school, in which between 700 and 
800 young men and boys are en- 
rolled. In this department the 
commercial branches, electrical 
and steam engineering, mechani- 
cal, architectural and free hand 
drawing, English for foreigners, 
law and scientific salesmanship, 
are the chief branches taught. 

Any well meaning young man 
regardless of nationality or relig- 
ious belief may become a member 
simply by calling at the office, 
filling out an application blank 
and paying the fees, which are 
small. 

The. officers are: President, J.. 
S. Porteous; viqe presidents, E.. 



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W. Decker and E. L. Carpenter; 
recording secretary, G. A. Gru- 
man; treasurer, J. M. Martin; gen- 
eral secretary, S. Wirt Wiley. 

Young Women's Christian Asso- 
ciation. — Located at 87 S. 7th St., 
where the association occupies a 
new building erected for its use 
during 1902. The building con- 
tains a reading room, rest room, 
lunch room, gymnasium and other 
class rooms. The association, 
which is on much the same basis 
as the Y. M. C. A., was organized 
in June, 1891. The present mem- 
bership numbers over 3,400, divid- 
ed into three classes; sustaining, 
active and associate. The sustain- 
ing membership fee is $5 annu- 
ally; for active and associate 
members. $1. 

A bureau of information aims 
to give to young women who come 



to the city as strangers, any de- 
sired help in securing suitable 
boarding places and employment. 
The association supports the 
"Traveler's Aid," and three wom- 
en spend all their time at the 
Union and Milwaukee stations 
meeting trains and assisting trav- 
elers. 

There are educational, domestic 
science and art, and physical cul- 
ture classes, a small tuition being 
charged those joining. There is a 
religious service on Sunday at 
4 p. m. Frequent evening enter- 
tainments of various character, 
and social gatherings, are given. 
The work of the association is car- 
ried on largely by committees un- 
der the supervision of a board of 
directors, consisting of thirty- 
four ladies, representing the var- 
ious churches of the city. Mrs. 
George Harrison is president; M. 
Belle Jeffery is general secretary. 




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